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Photo Gallery: The Wall

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Photo Gallery: The Wall

East German workmen set up barricades in this October 6, 1989 photo, to narrow the approaches to the Checkpoint Charlie border crossing through the Berlin Wall, apparently to thwart protests during its 40th anniversary celebrations.


Photo Gallery: The Wall

West German citizens sit on the top of the Berlin wall near the Allied checkpoint Charlie after the opening of the East German border was announced in this November 9 1989.

Photo Gallery: The Wall

East Berlin border guards on top the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandeburg Gate on November 11 1989.

Photo Gallery: The Wall

November 1989

Photo Gallery: The Wall

Photo Gallery: The Wall

November 2009

Photo Gallery: The Wall

November 2009

Photo Gallery: The Wall

November 2009

Photo Gallery: The Wall

November 2009

Photo Gallery: The Wall

November 2009

Photo Gallery: The Wall

November 2009

On November 9 this year the world marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the most hated symbol of the Cold War era and the Iron Curtain which divided Europe for almost half a century.

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