New border crossings were created ... In most cases, the main East-West German border outside Berlin consisted of heavily fortified fences rather than walls. There were a few exceptions, however ...

The suspect, unnamed due to German privacy rules ... exit documents and accompanied to a border crossing at the Friedrichstrasse railway station in East Berlin, according to prosecutors.

He said the defendant, whose name was not given in line with German privacy ... and accompanied to a border crossing at the Friedrichstrasse railway station in East Berlin, according to prosecutors.

An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided ...