Learn more about the history of the Berlin Wall through this collection of documents. The documents begin with the conditions in Berlin and East Germany before it was built all the way to the wall being torn down in 1989.

Re-visit the 20th anniversary of the downfall of communism in Eastern Germany with this virtual walk back in time of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Discover how and why the wall was erected and the way in which it came down. Then learn how...

Konrad H. Jarausch details the history of the Berlin Wall.

Chris De Wiff's Berlin Wall Web page guides students through a virtual tour of Berlin's history. See photos of Berlin's past and present. It includes essays and extended links for further research about Berlin's divided past.

Photographic and video discussion attempts to answer the question "Why Did the Berlin Wall Fall in November 1989?"

This site, which is provided for by the Fordham University, gives the actual text of the United States' note to the USSR on Berlin and the Soviet reply.

Review the events of 1989 through 1990 that involved both East and West Germany to tear down the Berlin Wall and become unified as one nation.

An interactive presentation of the Berlin Wall. Images and information provides a good overview of why the wall was put up and why it eventually came down.

"John F. Kennedy: Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin" is a one page persuasive speech delivered by JFK on June 26, 1963. In it he commended West Germany in its efforts to have a democratic government and berated the Communists...

A personal interview from someone who was actually there at the historic event can tell so much more than a history book. Read an interview with a citizen of East Germany at the time of the destruction of the Berlin Wall.

Photographic exhibit showcases the Baltic graffiti on the Berlin Wall among others. The West Berlin side of the Wall became the "largest canvas in the world".

Explore this photographic online exhibit detailing the story behind the fall of the Berlin Wall.

A visual chronology of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, in East Germany from diary excerpts, historical snippets, and photographs. The German Reunification period ran from 1989-1991.

An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.

In Spanish. Use this site to learn about the two sides to the Berlin Wall story.

Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

Berlin Wall

An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.

An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.

An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.

U.S. Government report on the history, society, economy and government of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from its establishment in 1949 until 1987, or two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and four years before...

The National Portait Gallery explores the actions of presidents during the Cold War. Here find President Kennedy's decisions during the Berlin Crisis, the building of the Berlin War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch a video of...

Offers color photographs and images of the division between West and East Germany. Most images are of the Berlin Wall and military installations affecting social conditions.

Germany was divided in two by the Berlin Wall, built in 1961. Understand the environment between the two sides and what led to unification in 1990.