Parts of the Berlin Wall still stand as a memorial in Berlin, as well as in over 140 locations worldwide. DW unexpectedly discovered many more in a less commemorative location - a waste sorting plant.

The Berlin Wall — the infamous landmark of separated Europe — fell Nov. 9, 1989 after dividing Communist East Berlin from capitalist West Berlin for more than 28 years.

A lone person walks alongside the Berlin Wall East Side Gallery as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Berlin, March 22, 2020. Reinhard Krause/Reuters, FILE.

The Berlin Wall Foundation, which already runs other memorials and museums in the city, has now taken control of the East Side Gallery. It plans to preserve the artwork and run guided tours, while ...

11 A lifted border gate as seen from the eastern side of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. 12 Citizens from East and West Berlin embrace on November 10, 1989.

People visit East Side Gallery a day ahead of the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin, Germany on November 8th, 2024. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images ...

The Reds blamed the West for the blasts; Western observers, however, said the explosions seemed to come from the east side of the Wall, hinted at an organized anti-Communist resistance ring.

Various graffiti is painted on the Berlin Wall on the West Berlin side in April 1984 while East German and Soviet flags (R) fly on the other side of the East Berlin no-mans-land spiked with anti ...

So do the memorials along the wall to the 150 East Germans killed while trying to escape to the other side. Easterners these days have little choice but to acknowledge the existence of the West.

When the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989, it was due in part to newly issued regulations on travel. As protests had escalated in communist East Berlin, the government responded by easing some ...