Erika Schallert fled East Berlin on August 15, 1961, with nothing but the clothes she was wearing and her half-finished wedding dress, determined that nothing was going to stop her getting married ...

Hitler’s death and supposed escape has captivated millions of people for decades. April 1945 30th. So, what is fact? What is fantasy? Why do people believe this story in the light of the facts ...

Hartmut Richter swam to freedom from East Berlin, then returned to help others flee. Today he works to preserve the memory of those killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall.

To help them escape, he and his engineer friend Matthis (Sebastian Koch) devise the scheme of a tunnel from West Berlin to East.

Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that remain from the cold war's most infamous border.

The drama is based on a true story of an escape from East Berlin.

Jo In Sung’s new movie “Escape from Mogadishu” has officially become this year’s biggest hit at the Korean box office! On August 29, the Korean Film Council announced that as of August 28 ...

An inmate whose escape from a Kansas prison hidden in a dog crate became the subject of a book and TV movie has died behind bars. John Manard, who was 45, died Sunday at the La Palma Correctional ...

From hot air balloons to secret tunnels, some tried anything to escape East Berlin. These are the most daring—and strangest—attempts.