The fall of the Berlin Wall signaled a rebirth of freedom, liberating millions who had been trapped for two generations on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain.
Tag Archives: East Germany
The United States in 2016: As Distrustful as the GDR?
As 2017 begins, a meditation on reining in vitriol and reviving Americans’ trust in one another.
The Breach of the Berlin Wall
The final hours before the fall of the Wall: An eyewitness report by an American diplomat.
Putin’s Russia Reset
What Putin learned from the 1989 German revolution — and how he misunderstood it
Berlin 1961: Staring Down a Soviet Tank’s Barrel
How did a tense scene at Checkpoint Charlie in 1961 almost lead to nuclear war?
The New German Question
What does German sovereignty mean to Germany, Europe, the United States and the world today?
Crisis in U.S. Baseball: East Germany Revisited?
Can steroid-using baseball players sue their teams and league — just like former East German athletes now sue some German institutions?