The film chronicles the history of Berlin from 1939 to the 1960s, highlighting the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, the onset of World War II, and the subsequent division of the city during the Cold ...

The theme, then, of “The Fall of Berlin 1945” is revenge, and on so colossal a scale and with such merciless intensity as to, in the words of Yeats, “make a stone of the heart.” ...

The Fall of the Berlin Wall. On Nov. 9, 1989, the communist government of East Germany announced that all residents would be permitted to travel to West Berlin and West Germany.

The Fall of the Berlin Wall by. November 11, 2014, ... As East and West Berliners began tearing the Wall to pieces, they began the dicey process of post-World War II German reunification.

Germany on Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe.

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 might seem an odd choice for the first major documentary project launched in more than a decade by ...

Nov. 9 marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the iconic barrier that completely enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989 and symbolized the height of Cold War tensions.

2015 Fall Semester Abroad in Berlin, Germany. This program is part of the Bates curriculum. ... two world wars, and the post-World War II division not only of the city, but also of the country and the ...