Most were civilians trying to flee to the West from communist East Germany. The 327 includes 262 who died at the Berlin Wall, and 24 East German border guards who were shot while on duty.
Officially, the border between East and West Berlin traced a right angle near a curved street known as Bethaniendamm, but the wall went straight across, leaving a triangle of East Berlin on the ...
It was pulled off by a group of brave West German students led by Joachim Rudolph. In 1962, they dug a tunnel under the ...
The opening of the Berlin Wall was one of the most dramatic events of 1989. For 28 years, it stood as a symbol of both the division of Europe and the hardline regime of Erich Honecker. Although no ...
It is all thanks to a Cornishman who was in Berlin in 1989, and ended up with a bigger souvenir than he bargained for ...