US President Ronald Reagan, standing before the Berlin Wall, famously challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev: ‘Mr.

there are events at seven key locations around Berlin, including the iconic Brandenburg Gate, where citizens stood on the wall for the first time on Nov. 9, 1989. Other locations include the ...

Situated near the former border between East and West Berlin, it played a central role in the city's divided history. Once ...

President Obama will deliver a speech to Berlin at Brandenburg Gate Ronald Reagan delivered his famous %22tear down this wall%22 speech in 1987 at the gate Bill Clinton made his %22Berlin is Free ...

The fall of the Berlin Wall that separated West and East Berlin from Aug. 13, 1961, to Nov. 9, 1989, is known as the monumental event that marked the end of the Cold War. The following year ...

spoke at the base of the Brandenburg Gate, near the Berlin Wall, on June 12, 1987. Due to the amplification system being used, Reagan's words could be heard in East Berlin. During his address ...

Fast forward to 1986. Negotiations from the Reykjavik Summit had stalled and Gorbachev noted after visiting the Berlin Wall that “At the Brandenburg Gate, one can clearly see how much strength ...

Atop the gate, once the principal gateway between East and West Berlin and now the capstone of Ulbricht’s wall, a new flagpole had been hastily erected. As the East German hammer and compass ...

Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev ... asked him to make a major gesture of peace such as opening the Berlin Wall. Gorbachev responded that the wall was a German problem, and if East ...