Freedom Without Wall News

20 Years Ago, East German Voters Chose Unity

Mar 18, 2010 | Germany.info
Voting in Leipzig © picture-alliance/dpa

Twenty years ago, on March 18, 1990, the citizens of the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, went to vote in the first free elections in 40 years.

Former Chancellor Kohl to Receive Award for Reunification Role

Feb 18, 2010 | dpa
Kohl in 1990

Former chancellor Helmut Kohl is to receive the prestigious Roland Berger Human Dignity Award for his role in German reunification and European integration. 

Ambassador Scharioth Congratulates Winners of Freedom Without Walls Speech and Art Competitions

Jan 11, 2010 | Germany.info
Elaine Kelley © German Embassy Washington

German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth has congratulated the winners of two nationwide contests in which college students delivered speeches and created works of art that dealt with the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Students React in Words and Images to the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Jan 7, 2010 | Germany.info
Jorge De Leon

The German Information Center has announced the winners of two nationwide contests in which college students delivered speeches and created works of art that dealt with the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

General Scowcroft Honored as Steadfast Friend of Germany

Dec 4, 2009 | Germany.info
General Scowcroft and Ambassador Scharioth

In presenting the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to General Scowcroft, Ambassador Scharioth highlighted General Scowcroft’s role during the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, when he was national security advisor to US President George H. W. Bush.