What are some cool stories about the Berlin Wall?

During the thirty-odd years the Berlin Wall was at its most impenetrable, hundreds of attempts were made to cross it—and many died trying, as you'll see. read more

So while I don't have cool stories about the Berlin Wall, there are some jokes that Hungarians told that summer: When an East German would ask for directions to Austria (before the border was officially open), the Hungarians would say, "well, walk through those woods there heading westward. read more

5. More than 5,000 escaped by going over and under the Berlin Wall. The first defector to escape across the Berlin Wall was 19-year-old East German border guard Corporal Conrad Schumann, who was immortalized on film as he leapt over a 3-foot-high roll of barbed wire just two days after East Germany sealed the border. read more

Tunneling out of East Germany was a fairly common activity during the time of the Berlin Wall. Tunneling into East Germany, on the other hand, was almost unheard of. But that was exactly what two men did one day, in a desperate attempt to help their wives and children escape the East. read more