Fifty years after the construction of the Berlin Wall began on August 13, 1961, people recall what life was like with the wall dividing Berlin, Germany in half. Continue reading
David Hasselhoff recalls his emotional performance of "Looking for Freedom" on top of the rubble of the Berlin Wall. Continue reading
A West Berlin man talks about daily life and the mixing of East and West in the immediate aftermath of the fall of the wall. Continue reading
Residents of East Germany and West Germany recall their feelings when the wall came down in 1989. Continue reading
Curiously, David Hasselhoff had a huge hit in West Germany in 1989 with a song called "Looking for Freedom." He performed it on the remains of the wall a few weeks after it came down. Continue reading
With revelers behind him, Tom Brokaw, the first American broadcaster on the scene, reports on the fall of the wall. Continue reading
Art Harman traveled to Berlin with three friends to watch the wall fall and returned to America with 1,000 pounds of rubble to sell. Continue reading