Berlin Wall: Media

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Videos

The path to German reunification
Overview of the reunification of Germany, including a discussion of the Berlin Wall's...
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Saving the Mekong River's ecosystem and fish species
Follow the events of November 9, 1989, when an innocuous public announcement led...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Modern Berlin: Blending history with modernity
Overview of Berlin.
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Was it possible to escape East Germany?
Overview of efforts to escape East Germany.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail John Waterman-Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
The unexpected fall of the Berlin Wall explained
Learn about the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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The journey to Germany's reunification
Learn about the introduction of the deutsche mark as the official currency of East...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
How Mikhail Gorbachev helped end the Cold War and unite Europe
Learn how Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms in the Soviet Union unleashed forces that ended...
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JFK's historic “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech revisited
John F. Kennedy visiting West Berlin in June 1963 and delivering his “Ich bin ein...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
When was the Berlin Wall built?
Learn about the building of the Berlin Wall, which closed off access to West Berlin...
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Watch U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan appeal to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to dismantle the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987
U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan speaking at the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987.
Video: Public Domain

Images

Berlin Wall opening
People from East and West Berlin gathering at the Berlin Wall on November 10, 1989,...
AP Images
Brandenburg Gate
The Brandenburg Gate, as seen through a barbed-wire barrier that represented the...
John Waterman—Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Berlin Wall
West German citizens gathering at a newly created opening in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer...
U.S. Department of Defense
Keith Haring: Berlin Wall mural
Keith Haring standing in front of a mural he painted on a section of the Berlin Wall,...
© Elke Bruhn-Hoffmann—AP/REX/Shutterstock.com