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The International Spy Museum in Washington D.C., hosted a Trabant car rally where 20 Trabants gathered in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Rides were raffled every half-hour and a Trabant crashed through a Berlin Wall mock up. The Trabant was the East German people's car that many used to leave DDR after the ...
Many have drawn comparisons of the Berlin Wall and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on America's boarder with Mexico. 13 iconic photos of the Berlin Wall Show comments
The first breach in the Berlin Wall at 10.30pm on 9 November 1989. East German border guards look on from the ‘Death Strip’ (Brian Harris/The Independent) Harris had his winning shot but was ...
On June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate, United States president Ronald Reagan delivered a speech commonly known by a key line from the middle part: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! " Reagan called for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to open the Berlin Wall , which had encircled West Berlin since 1961.
The Brandenburg Gate, a few meters from the Berlin Wall, reopened on 22 December 1989, with demolition of the Wall beginning on 13 June 1990 and concluding in 1994. [1] The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for German reunification, which formally took place on 3 October 1990. [7]
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to stop East Germans fleeing to the West. At least 138 people were killed trying to escape to West Berlin, and many who were captured ended up in jail. (Reuters ...
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The second, finished in 1998, was given as a gift from the United States to Germany, and is located at Clayallee near the Allied Museum in the former American sector of Berlin. [2] Each sculpture weighs approximately seven tons and measures 30 feet (9.1 m) long by 18 feet (5.5 m) wide by 12 feet (3.7 m) high.