Berlin Wall
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| Destruction date | November 1991 |
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| Construction started | August 13, 1961 |
| Height | 360 (cm) |
| Opened | August 13, 1961 |
| Destroyed by | Demolition |
| Did you know | The Berlin Wall had 302 observation towers, 259 dog runs, and 20 bunkers. |
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| ID | 917401 |
About Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
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... Explaining his choice during the interview, Sir Keir said the music reminded him of being in his twenties, but also the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989...
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... Instead of the old Soviet chief, Leonid Brezhnev, reformist leader Mikhail Gorbachev was in power, the Berlin Wall had fallen and perestroika (restructuring) was well under way...
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... She reported from more than 70 countries and witnessed first-hand such epoch-making events as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first Gulf War and Nelson Mandela s walk to freedom...
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... His activities continued long after the Berlin Wall fell and the USSR disintegrated...
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... We are in East Germany right after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and it is a hot summer...
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... In 1989, six months before the Berlin Wall was toppled, the first President George Bush laid out the dream of a " Europe whole and free"...
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... Churchill s war broadcasts; Queen Elizabeth s coronation; the World Cup in 1966; a man on the moon; the fall of the Berlin Wall; Ed Balls doing Gangnam Style on Strictly Come Dancing...
Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's death puts morality police under spotlight
... " When they did this it reminded me of the time people started taking the Berlin Wall down, it s that moment, " Ms Alinejad said...
Berlin Wall Photos
