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Berlin rings in the anniversary with 200 events in key locations of the city. A new AR app even gives users an interactive experience with the former wall.
The Berlin Wall, approximately 27 miles long, is dismantled by a crane as East Germany begins to dismantle the wall on Feb. 20, 1990, near the Brandenburg Gate in East Berlin, as a crowd watches.
Two scenes from the end of the Cold War: Scene one: On June 12, 1987, President Reagan stood before the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate rising behind him, to challenge to the leader of the Soviet… ...
11 A lifted border gate as seen from the eastern side of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. 12 Citizens from East and West Berlin embrace on November 10, 1989.
8-1-1963, DEC 6 1969, DEC 10 1969A sentry fixes his binoculars on activity across the Berlin WallThe wall of iron, wire and stone went up in that heated summer of 1961.Credit: Flip Schulkearchiveblog ...
East Berliners stand on top of the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate, Dec. 22, 1989, after two crossings were opened, making the historic site a public place for the first time in 28 years.
In this Saturday Nov. 11, 1989 file photo, hundreds of Berliners climb on top of the Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, demanding in a peaceful protest that the wall will be pulled down.
On November 9, 1989, a most extraordinary thing happened: The Berlin Wall was torn down by ordinary people. Decades later, the world’s a very different place, and the remnants of the wall are ...
A man hammers away at the Berlin Wall on Nov. 12, ... such as Checkpoint Charlie as part of a celebration that included music and fireworks at the city’s Brandenburg Gate—a location once ...
November 9, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. ... as Ronald Reagan proclaimed during his famed 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate. And tear it down they did.
When the Berlin Wall fell and the Cold War ended, ... After just a few hours of sleep in the early morning, we climbed on the wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate and tested how far we could go.