Erich Honecker

A large group of people are shown climbing on the Berlin Wall on the night it was opened.

Love, friendship, protest: 3 former East Germans reflect on the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years later

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was a historic moment for East Germans, with a “before” and “after” that resonates 30 years later. The World’s Carol Hills asked three former East Germans to recall how it all went down.

Cold War linguists: NSA spies in Teufelsberg kept ear on Soviets

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