The Berlin Wall: Then and now — 30 years later

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Then and now: 30 years after fall of the Berlin Wall

Nov. 9, 2019, will mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which quickly led to the collapse of the communist East German government.The Berlin Wall, built by the communist authorities of East Germany, stood from 1961 until 1989 and prevented East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin.

2019: Cars drive along Scheidemannstrasse near the Brandenburg Gate, where the Berlin Wall once stood, on Oct. 23, in Berlin. Bernauer Strasse1962: Two women wave to people on the other side of the Berlin Wall in East Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie1961: American tanks and troops at Checkpoint Charlie, a crossing point at the Berlin Wall between the American and Soviet sectors of the city at the junction of Friedrichstrasse, Zimmerstrasse and Mauerstrasse, in February 1961.

2019: A young woman rides a bicycle at the corner of Köthener Strasse and Stresemannstrasse on Oct. 24 in Berlin. Leuschnerdamm Street1963: A woman hangs clothing out to dry on a line strung between a tree and the Berlin Wall in November 1963.

 

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