BERLIN, Aug. 13, 2011 — -- Fifty years after the Berlin Wall was literally built overnight on Aug. 13, 1961, very little of it is left to look at. So little in fact, that some -- even those ...

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and for 28 years, it stood as the front line of the Cold War between the Western world order, led by the U.S., and the Soviets.

East Side Gallery 3-kilometer section of the Berlin Wall. Following the Wall's fall in 1989, artists from around the world came together to transform this bleak structure into a canvas of hope and ...

West Berlin citizens look on as the Wall continues to take shape. (Gus Schuettler/Stars and Stripes) The two rows of barbed-wire fence are already up.

Germany marked the 30th anniversary Saturday of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe. News Wrap: Anonymous official’s book ...

Through the decades the wall was in place, thousands of people managed to escape from East Berlin, but at least 140 were killed in the attempt, many of them shot by East German border guards.

Berlin: Under the Wall. 3 minute read. TIME. September 28, 1962 12:00 AM GMT-4. I n their unceasing attempts to escape to freedom, East Berliners have often taken the underground route.