The Berlin blockade of 1948-49 and the Korean War 1950-53.
Gorbachev makes clear Eastern European countries were free to determine their own destinies. In Poland Solidarity enters into negoti...
By 1947, the United States placed as a high priority the revival of the German economy, an approach opposed by the Soviet Union. After the in...
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet leader after the death of Stalin. Khrushchev rolls back a number of oppressive measures that existed u...
As the Berlin Wall starts to be taken apart as rapidly as it arose, Peter Snow and Olenka Frenkiel report from the city on how people on ...
On 9 November 1989, East Germany's rulers gave permission for the Berlin wall's gates to be opened. We speak to Vivien and Sa...
Exploring the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 from the perspective of a Checkpoint Charlie Stasi guard commander.
As the Cold War escalates, most Nazi hunting is abandoned. Suddenly, Nazis are able to return to normal life or find refuge overseas. T...
As the Cold War escalates, most Nazi hunting is abandoned. Suddenly, Nazis are able to return to normal life or find refuge overseas....
Oscar-winning drama set in 1980s East Germany about a Stasi agent, employed to spy on a dramatist and his lover, who becomes increasingly fascinat...
Documentary exploring the story of the Berlin Wall, uncovering a world of flawed heroes and heroic villains, compromised victories and sad...
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