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reunified is Germany? </h2> <p>Thousands lost jobs in the east after the Berlin Wall fell. But much has been achieved for younger generations.<span class="icon tv"></span>   </p> </a> <div class="gradient"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/the-day-the-berlin-wall-came-down/a-51099267"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/17530280_302.jpg" title="People sitting on Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989" alt="People sitting on Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> The day the Berlin Wall came down </h2> <p>The Cold War, a global power struggle between dictatorship and democracy, ended in Berlin on November 9, 1989. The course of history, however, was set in motion by decisive events outside the country long before that.   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below nohover"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/the-berlin-wall-the-history-of-an-iconic-border/av-58786566"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/58760440_302.jpg" title="Euromaxx | Berlin Mauerbau" alt="Euromaxx | Berlin Mauerbau"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> The Berlin Wall: the history of an iconic border </h2> <p>On August 13, 1961, the East German government built the Berlin Wall to stem the flow of refugees to the West. Painter Matthias Koeppel and musician Andrej Hermlin on the construction and legacy of the wall.<span class="icon tv"></span>   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below nohover"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/everything-you-need-to-know-about-german-reunification/av-55138970"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" width="469" height="259" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://tvdownloaddw-a.akamaihd.net/stills/images/je/je20201002_reunifynew1_image_1024x576_3.jpg" border="0"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> Everything you need to know about German reunification </h2> <p>The process of reunifying Germany meant contending with the 20th century's fundamental rivalry of capitalism vs. communism. Thirty years on, there's still a lot to be done. <span class="icon tv"></span>   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/francis-fukuyama-spirit-of-1989-is-still-around/a-51158363"> <h2 class="linkable"> Francis Fukuyama: 'Spirit of 1989 is still around' </h2> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/51173676_301.jpg" title="US political scientist Francis Fukuyama (r) and DW's Simon Young" alt="US political scientist Francis Fukuyama (r) and DW's Simon Young"/> </div> <p>Despite rising populism and nationalism worldwide, historian Francis Fukuyama told DW there is hope for liberal democracy. Thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell, "this desire for life in a freer society still exists."   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/reflecting-history-the-berlin-wall-memorial/a-51019174"> <h2 class="linkable"> The Berlin Wall memorial </h2> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/51016714_301.jpg" title="Passers-by walk along the course of the Berlin Wall, which is marked by strips of the former wall and metal poles " alt="Passers-by walk along the course of the Berlin Wall, which is marked by strips of the former wall and metal poles "/> </div> <p>The Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and after years of division, the people of East and West Germany were reunited. Thirty years later, many of their stories have faded. The memorial on Bernauer Strasse recounts their fates.<span class="icon pics"></span>   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/checkpoint-charlie-cold-war-history-up-close/a-51105807"> <h2 class="linkable"> Checkpoint Charlie: Cold War history up close </h2> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/47065823_301.jpg" title="A view of Checkpoint Charlie" alt="A view of Checkpoint Charlie"/> </div> <p>The construction of the Berlin Wall began on August 13, 1961. One of eight inner-city border crossings was created on Friedrichstrasse. Today, Checkpoint Charlie is a special place of remembrance.   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below nohover"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/the-brandenburg-gate-berlin-landmark/g-19427048"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/42653978_302.jpg" title="Berlin: Brandenburger Tor" alt="Berlin: Brandenburger Tor"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin landmark </h2> <p>The Brandenburg Gate — the famous symbol of German unity. Finished in 1791, it was and is the dramatic setting of European history. Currently it's the main stage for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.<span class="icon pics"></span>   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/an-adventure-back-through-berlins-history/av-59953953"> <h2 class="linkable"> Excuse me, which way to the Berlin Wall? </h2> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/19196565_301.png" title="04.2016 Check-in (Sendungslogo)" alt="04.2016 Check-in (Sendungslogo)"/> </div> <p>Time travel back to Berlin in the 1920s, World War II, and finally the building of the Berlin Wall. Is there anything left from these pivotal historic moments that is visible in the cityscape today? A search for clues.<span class="icon tv"></span>   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="subHeader subHeaderTeaser">The Peaceful Revolution</div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/how-east-germans-peacefully-brought-the-gdr-regime-down/a-50743302"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/50717006_302.jpg" title="Demonstrators making the peace sign in Leipzig, October 2, 1989" alt="Demonstrators making the peace sign in Leipzig, October 2, 1989"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> How East Germans brought down the regime </h2> <p>On October 9, 1989, over 70,000 people gathered in Leipzig calling for freedom and democracy — and security forces did not intervene. DW spoke to participants in the demonstration that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.<span class="icon tv"></span>   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-press-in-eastern-europe-reacted-to-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/a-51155626"> <h2 class="linkable"> Eastern Europe reacts to the fall of the Wall </h2> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/50844037_301.jpg" title="Bildkombo Historische Artikel zum Mauerfall 2" alt="Bildkombo Historische Artikel zum Mauerfall 2"/> </div> <p>The Romanian newspapers were silent; the Croatian ones cheered along with everyone. And the Berlin state paper didn't even mention the fall of the Berlin Wall in the first days following November 9, 1989. An analysis.   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="subHeader subHeaderTeaser">Germany Today</div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/german-reunification-what-still-divides-east-and-west/a-55078166"> <h2 class="linkable"> German reunification: What still divides East and West? </h2> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/40074347_301.jpg" title="A handshake, one arm extended through a hole in a wall" alt="A handshake, one arm extended through a hole in a wall"/> </div> <p>The geographical division through the middle of Germany may have vanished from maps — but not so much from minds, as DW's Dana Regev has learned.   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/in-germany-a-post-communist-generation-searches-for-identity/a-51020727"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/50751925_302.jpg" title="Children holding up German flags in blurry focus" alt="Children holding up German flags in blurry focus"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> German millennials seek their identity </h2> <p>Born before the Berlin Wall fell, the children of the "Third Generation East" were too young to be involved in the events of 1989. Now they're trying to understand how their families lived under communist dictatorships.   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div>  <div class="subHeader subHeaderTeaser">Behind the Wall</div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below nohover"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/tracing-the-division-of-berlin/g-41290534"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/41287444_302.jpg" title="Deutschland, Brandenburger-Tor, Maueröffnung 1989" alt="Deutschland, Brandenburger-Tor, Maueröffnung 1989"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> Tracing the division of Berlin </h2> <p>On November 9, 1989 the border from east to west is suddenly opened. That night, champagne corks pop in front of the Brandenburg Gate. The wall becomes history. DW traces the remnants of the wall that divided Berlin.<span class="icon pics"></span>   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col2">  <div class="col1 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/the-berlin-wall-a-city-torn-in-two/g-40074574"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/40074557_301.jpg" title="Berlin Gedenken an die Opfer des Mauerbaus" alt="Berlin Gedenken an die Opfer des Mauerbaus"/> </div> <h2 class="linkable"> The Berlin Wall: A city torn in two </h2> <p>The Berlin Wall went up in almost a single night in 1961. It took nearly three decades to come down.<span class="icon pics"></span>   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col1 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/1961-what-germany-was-like-when-the-berlin-wall-was-built/a-17708563"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/17465533_301.jpg" title="Construction on a wall that would divide families and a nation began in 1961, despite East German 'intentions'..." alt="Construction on a wall that would divide families and a nation began in 1961, despite East German 'intentions'..."/> </div> <h2 class="linkable"> What Germany was like when the Wall went up </h2> <p>The year 1961 saw many changes in Germany – from the Berlin Wall to birth control and the Beatles.   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/east-germany-a-failed-experiment-in-dictatorship/a-50717157"> <h2 class="linkable"> The GDR: A failed experiment in dictatorship </h2> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/16842041_301.jpg" title="An East Germany flag hangs on the Berlin Wall in 1990" alt="An East Germany flag hangs on the Berlin Wall in 1990"/> </div> <p>Germany was divided between 1945 and 1990. Exactly 70 years after the foundation of East Germany, and 30 years after the peaceful revolution that spelled its demise, that division remains palpable.   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below nohover"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/compelling-attempts-to-escape-the-gdr/g-45477698"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/44547577_302.jpg" title="Family sitting in a rubber boat in their living room in 1977" alt="Family sitting in a rubber boat in their living room in 1977"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> Compelling attempts to escape the GDR </h2> <p>Countless attempts were made to escape life in East Germany. Many featured astonishing creativity — and danger.<span class="icon pics"></span>   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div>  <div class="col2 basicTeaser"> <div class="imgTeaserM white below"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/east-berlin-before-the-wall-fell-a-photographers-perspective/a-59768275"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/59753833_302.jpg" title="A bleak East Berlin courtyard by Günter Steffen" alt="A bleak East Berlin courtyard by Günter Steffen"/> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <h2> <span class="label">Big Picture</span> East Berlin before the Wall fell: a photographer's perspective </h2> <p>Photographer Günter Steffen captured the final years of East Berlin under the GDR. The pictures reveal a decaying, abandoned city.   </p> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col2">  <div class="col1 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/stasis-pervasive-footprint-across-two-berlins-revealed/a-49135973"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/48906239_301.jpg" title="Ausstellung Stasi in Berlin - Überwachung und Repression in Ost und West" alt="Ausstellung Stasi in Berlin - Überwachung und Repression in Ost und West"/> </div> <h2 class="linkable"> The Stasi's pervasive footprint across Berlin </h2> <p>After years of research, the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial has mapped thousands of 'conspiratorial' Stasi apartments.   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col1 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/former-inmates-recall-life-in-erich-honeckers-gdr-prisons/a-48311325"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/48270868_301.jpg" title="Brandenburg an der Havel, 1989" alt="Brandenburg an der Havel, 1989"/> </div> <h2 class="linkable"> Former inmates recall life in Stasi prisons </h2> <p>When Erich Honecker became East Germany's leader, he locked up adversaries in the jail where the Nazis imprisoned him.   </p> </a> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="col2 pictureTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="imgTeaserM below bluedw" id="pictureteaser_51020405"> <div class="teaserImg"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809/https://amp.dw.com/stories/locked-up-by-east-germany/" target="_self" rel="noopener"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/42286160_302.jpg" title="Kolumne Gero Schliess: Mahnmal" alt="Kolumne Gero Schliess: Mahnmal"/> </a> </div> <div class="teaserContentWrap"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809/https://amp.dw.com/stories/locked-up-by-east-germany/" target="_self" rel="noopener"> <h2>Locked up by East Germany <span class="date">17.09.2019</span> </h2> <p id="text_51020405">Thomas Raufeisen was locked up in one of East Germany's most notorious prisons. His crime? Having a spy as a father.</p> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col2">  <div class="col1 basicTeaser"> <div class="group"> <div class="news"> <a href="/web/20220113005809/https://www.dw.com/en/stolen-children-of-the-gdr-ive-always-had-the-feeling-hes-alive-somewhere/a-46609893"> <div class="teaserImg"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113005809im_/https://static.dw.com/image/46610951_301.jpg" title="A black and white photograph of a young blonde boy" alt="A black and white photograph of a young blonde boy"/> </div> <h2 class="linkable"> The stolen children of the GDR </h2> <p>Karin Ranisch has always struggled to believe her son died in an East German hospital in 1975. 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