The project has been undertaken to help further young people’s understanding of the fall of the wall, bringing the historical into their everyday lives and providing a tool that can be used by both ...
A new exhibit at Union Station Kansas City will explore the history of the Fall of the Berlin Wall through interactive displays and a large local art installation. One Kansas City artist is helping ...
Who would have known a holiday trip to Germany in December 1989, would have offered an opportunity to be an eyewitness to, and participate in, the remaking of European history? At the time, Eric, our ...
In the summer of 1961, a 21-year-old John Putney traveled abroad for the first time in his life, prompted by his mother to work at a refugee camp in Berlin, where large numbers of people landed after ...
On Nov. 9, 1989, East Germany opened the Berlin Wall, allowing travel from East to West Berlin. That night, Germans celebrated the move by tearing the wall down.Watch the video above to learn more.The ...
The front page of The Tennessean on Nov. 10, 1989 declared: "East Germans dance on Wall," and displayed a photo of three men, arm in arm, celebrating on the Berlin Wall. The article described the ...
History rolled into Union Station Kansas City on Wednesday as crews unloaded massive sections of the Berlin Wall ahead of a ...
New College announced that philanthropist Dr. Jack Jawitz is donating multiple sections of the wall — one of the most consequential physical symbols of oppression and division in modern history, ...
It came down 40 years ago but for a limited time, a piece of the Berlin Wall will be installed in Union Station.
Germans from East and West Berlin stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Friday, November 10, 1989. (AP Photo File) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch ...
West-Berliners hacking pieces of the Berlin Wall on November 11, 1989. The GDR joined the federal republic of Germany on October 3, 1990. From a symbol of oppression to one defining the end of an era, ...