Three former East German border guards have been cleared of attempted murder. They were being tried for their alleged role in a famous case 40 years ago, in which a 14-year-old boy was repeatedly shot ...

He had joined the border guards at 17, later switching to the ... wave of anti-government demonstrations that had erupted in East German cities in the previous weeks, he had no inkling of what ...

East German border guards stand in a gap in the Berlin Wall after demonstrators pulled down a segment of the wall at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in 1989. (Lionel Cironneau/AP) Perspective by ...

The 327 includes 262 who died at the Berlin Wall, and 24 East German border guards who were shot while on duty. The study was done by a team at the Free University of Berlin. About half of those ...

East German border guards on Monday turned back West German diplomats trying to cross to West Berlin, and advised diplomats from other NATO countries that measures would be enforced on Tuesday to ...

In this Nov. 11, 1989, photo, East German border guards are seen through a gap in the Berlin wall after demonstrators pulled down a segment of it at Brandenburg gate. (LIONEL CIRONNEAU/Associated ...

A former East German border guard commander was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting deaths of East Germans trying to escape, including the last person to die at the Berlin Wall. Walter ...

East German border guards use a hose to discourage West Berliners near the Brandenburg Gate on Nov. 11, 1989, in Berlin. The citizens from West Berlin tried to demolish the wall, demanding its ...

many of them shot by East German border guards. The wall was toppled on November 9, 1989, amid massive protests both inside and outside East Germany, a police state that collapsed along with its ...

Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of East ...