In April 1945, as Soviet armies smashed through Germany’s final defenses, Berlin prepared for the battle that would end the ...

In April 1945, Soviet forces launched the final assault on Berlin as the Third Reich collapsed around them. Street-by-street ...

Artist Gunter Demnig carefully placed a palm-sized Holocaust memorial brass plaque into the sidewalk on a busy street corner ...

German artist Gunter Demnig has installed small Holocaust memorial stones in Berlin for 30 years. These plaques are called Stolpersteine or "stumbling ...

On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, a key Cold War moment impacting Berliners, politics, and global ...

Victory Day, May 9, carries deep meaning for millions of Russians. This year marks 81 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany ...

EADaily, May 10th, 2026. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz congratulated the Germans on the European Victory Day, which is ...

As the Red Army closed in on the German capital in April 1945, the Berlin Philharmonic played on. With blackouts in the city and the sound of artillery fire in the distance, the symphony orchestra ...

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has posthumously awarded the title of "People's Hero" to Kenzhebay Madenov, a World War II veteran who helped hoist the Victory Banner over Berlin's city hall in 1945.

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Following his capture by the British in June 1945, Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop claimed to have been sent[...] ...

The building of the Berlin Wall The response of the West The impact of the Wall on international relations Test your knowledge In the late 1950s, issues around Berlin sparked off one of the biggest of ...