EditorialPope Benedict XVI walks past a watchtower as he reads memorial plaques at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Auschwitz, Poland, on May 28, 2006. (Matt Shonfeld/The New York Times)
EditorialDelivery of an original GDR Watchtower BT6 from Nitzow/Havelberg to the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse., berlin, berlin, germany - 24 Jun 2016
EditorialA watchtower and parts of the old border wall remain in M?dlareuth, a German village situated partly in Bavaria and partly in Thuringia, on Sept. 25, 2020. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialAn old watchtower, part of the old border between East and West Germany, is preserved in the village of M?dlareuth, Germany, on Sept. 25, 2020. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialThe historic cast iron watchtower in Marcus Garvey Park, a predecessor to steel-frame skyscrapers, in New York, Aug. 13, 2020. (DeSean McClinton-Holland/The New York Times)
EditorialThe historic cast iron watchtower in Marcus Garvey Park, a predecessor to steel-frame skyscrapers, in New York, Aug. 13, 2020. (DeSean McClinton-Holland/The New York Times)