Border troops of the Army - the Grenztruppen were formed to protect the inner border with Western Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia and the Wall surrounding West Berlin. Top Democrat Schumer ...

Located in the east and some distance from the West German border, Berlin had also been divided among the allies but was effectively cut off from the East by the wall. But not for much longer.

Feeling fed up and ignored by mainstream parties, many in what was East Germany have flocked to the far right - with the AfD picking up more than 38% of the vote in one state.

Located in the center of Berlin, the Berlin Wall Memorial stretches for a little less than a mile along what was once the border that divided the city in two. Upon arriving at the memorial ...

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has awarded a $70 million contract to a construction company that will build seven miles of ...

On 13 August 1961 a barbed wire fence was erected along the border between East and West Berlin. The wire would quickly be replaced by a concrete wall, complete with lookout towers and armed ...

Construction of the border wall has resumed as Trump administration officials work to slow human and drug trafficking ...

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that border wall construction will begin in Hidalgo County, Texas.