The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed How Berlin is marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Wall This November marks three decades since the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall. From art installations to dance parties, this is what's planned. https://www.thelocal.de/20191104/how-berlin-will-mark-30th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-the-wall Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:35:52 +0100 how-berlin-will-mark-30th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-the-wall 99 years since Rosa Luxemburg was murdered and dumped in a Berlin canal Monday marks the 99th anniversary of the extra-judicial killing of the two most prominent German communists of the early twentieth century. But a memorial which took place on Sunday illustrates just how complicated their legacy is. https://www.thelocal.de/20180115/99-years-since-rosa-luxemburg-was-murdered-and-dumped-in-a-berlin-canal Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:08:01 +0100 99-years-since-rosa-luxemburg-was-murdered-and-dumped-in-a-berlin-canal Berlin honours dead of 1953 anti-GDR uprising Berliners gathered on Wednesday to remember the people killed 62 years ago, when ordinary people demonstrating against the East German regime were gunned down in the street by Soviet tanks and their own police force. https://www.thelocal.de/20150617/1953-uprising-east-berlin-memorial-service Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:11:10 +0200 1953-uprising-east-berlin-memorial-service