The true story of two families' spectacular escape from East Germany during the Cold War, "Balloon" is a big screen adventure set on the border of a divided nation. DW looks at other acrobatic ...

Between 1961 and 1988, around 5,000 GDR citizens fled to the West. Probably one of the most spectacular and best-known escapes was that of two families who flew from Thuringia across the border to ...

In Bulgaria, parts of the former Eastern Bloc barrier are still standing, now weathered and overgrown. It was here that East Berliner Hendrik Voigtländer tried to escape to the West — but it didn't ...

BERLIN, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Germany celebrated on Saturday the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall that divided East and West Germany. Reuters has interviewed, filmed and photographed people ...

Jens Milbret has been living in Australia for 27 years. The picture was taken in 1993. At that time, he was 31 years old.

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. BERLIN — The 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is on Nov. 9. Reuters has interviewed, filmed ...

What was known as East Germany, or the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) disappeared in October 1990, following the fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989. The GDR is often painted as a ...