Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate is a national symbol and one of Berlin's best-known landmarks. Like no other structure, it reflects Germany's turbulent past. Why does this edifice captivate Germans? This History Stories Special delves into the gate's eventful history and reveals its innermost secrets. We feature people whose lives on both sides of the Iron Curtain were connected to the Brandenburg Gate in a special way. 00:00 What is the Brandenburg Gate? 03:35 The Gate during the cold war 09:05 How the Gate came to be in the 18th century 11:20 The Gate from the inside 13:30 How Napoleon took the Quadriga to France 15:50 The Gate between Emperors and Revolutionists in the 19th and 20th century 19:20 The Gate during the Nazi Era and the second world war 23:32 The Gate during the cold war part 2 35:40 The Gate during the fall of the Berlin Wall 39:40 The Gate gets renovated 40:58 The Gate today For more visit: https://www.dw.com/en/culture/s-1441 ⮞ Follow DW Culture on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dw.culture ⮞ Follow DW Culture on Twitter: twitter.com/DW_Culture Please follow DW's netiquette: https://p.dw.com/p/MF1G