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German embassy in Sofia to open its doors on November 7 in symbolic gesture

Thu, Nov 05 2009 13:21 CET byGabriel Hershman 1046 Views
German embassy in Sofia to open its doors on November 7 in symbolic gesture

People in Seoul walk past a piece of the Berlin Wall

The German embassy in Sofia will open its doors between 11am and 4pm on Saturday November 7 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent unification of Germany. The embassy building is at 25 Frederic Joliot Curie Street, in Iztok borough. 

The Open Doors day is an unprecedented development in the practice of the diplomatic corps in Sofia. To date, no embassy has dared open its doors to the public and invite ordinary people onto its premises.

By this symbolic gesture German Ambassador Matthias Hopfner and the embassy's diplomats want to show that after the fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989 that no barriers still remain to block communication between officialdom and the people.

An exhibition of photos as well as movie and video clips will remind visitors of the dramatic events that shaped Europe and the entire world 20 years ago.

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