Berlin’s neighborhoods tell stories that textbooks can’t quite capture. Each district carries the weight of history—from ...

On May 1, 1974, I walked through Checkpoint Charlie across the Berlin wall into communist East Berlin to watch the May Day parade. People were lined up about seven deep on the side of the boulevard as ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...