Cold War
Buried Secrets
German writer Jenny Erpenbeck's recent novel 'Visitation' is a haunting evocation of buried secrets set during the traumatic period from the rise of Nazism to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Audio
Top-secret files shed new light on Cold War defection
Previously top-secret files are shedding new light on one of Australia's greatest Cold War defection stories. Audio
Germany report
Life on the eastern side. 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Audio
Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall came down
Today the city is preparing to mark that day, which paved the way for German reunification and ultimately the end of the Cold War. Audio
Kate Connolly in Europe
It's the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall in Berlin, when the two Germanys began the end of their journey to again become one. Mikhail Gorbachev's Glasnost policy was bearing fruit and… Audio
Berlin gears up for wall anniversary celebrations
Today marks the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. The opening of the border separating the former East and West Germanys symbolised the end of the Cold War. Audio
East Berlin Tunnel
Professor Bernd Stoever, from the University of Potsdam, reveals a story from the Cold War. Audio