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The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ⓘ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; West Germany) from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany).
Nov 7, 2019 · Today, the wall's legacy is barely visible. But if you know where to look, the history of the wall lives on in Berlin's tree-lined streets.
Nov 9, 2020 · It is the most important testimony of the German division and its fall a symbol of unity. A search for traces and what is left of the Berlin Wall today.
A hobby researcher in Reinickendorf has discovered 80 metres of forgotten wall remains, which now have been officially confirmed as remnants of the former Berlin Wall. Meanwhile the discovery is under monument protection.
The fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌfal] ⓘ) on November 9, 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. Sections of the wall were breached, and planned ...
Nov 5, 2019 · It was on 9 November 1989, five days after half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest, that the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled.
Dec 15, 2009 · The Berlin Wall: 1961-1989 . The construction of the Berlin Wall did stop the flood of refugees from East to West, and it did defuse the crisis over Berlin.
Today, the Documentation Centre at the Wall Memorial features a photo exhibition showing how the Brandenburg Gate was closed off with barbed wire in August 1961, how Berliners protested against the Wall, and how friends and family desperately extended their hands across the barriers.
Nov 8, 2019 · The Berlin Wall stretched for almost 27 miles across the city and employed landmines, dogs, and barbed wire to discourage escape attempts. Still, over 5,000 people managed to reach western Europe.
The BBC looks at a selection of history's powerful protests and why only some achieved their goals. All the latest content about Berlin Wall from the BBC.
