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Atlanta's Berlin Wall, also known as the Peyton Road Affair [1] or the Peyton Wall, [2] refers to an event during the civil rights movement in Atlanta, Georgia ...
Manila – on 8 October 2015, a segment of the wall was installed at National Museum of the Philippines.The segment was a gift to the Philippines from the City of Berlin, but had remained unclaimed in Berlin for a decade before its installation which coincided with the 25th anniversary of German reunification.
The barrier was compared to the Berlin Wall and nicknamed the "Atlanta Wall". [6] [7] Some newspapers in other parts of the country questioned Atlanta's motto "the City Too Busy to Hate". The walls were torn down when, on March 1, 1963, a court ruled them to be unconstitutional.
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]
Checkpoint Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the Western Allies' name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991), [1] becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West.
In the time between the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 and the abolition of all border controls on 1 July 1990, numerous additional border crossings were built for interim use. Because of their symbolic value, the most famous of these were Glienicke Bridge, Bernauer Straße, Potsdamer Platz, and the Brandenburg Gate.
Olga Segler (31 July 1881 – 26 September 1961) was a German woman who died of injuries as a result of crossing the Berlin Wall. According to the Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF), Segler was both one of the earliest victims of the Berlin Wall and the oldest victim, aged 80 years old at the time of her death. Additionally, Segler was one ...
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