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Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence





In the coming weekend, Germany will celebrate a quarter century since, between the western and eastern parts of Berlin began to fade wall separating the two political systems and two very different states, but one nation.

It is the destruction of the Berlin Wall, as a result, became the main impetus for the subsequent reunification of the German people. We offer you a brief history.

November 10, 1989. Residents of West Berlin on the wall, after yesterday's opening of the borders of East Berlin.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence



August 13, 1961. The soldiers pulled the GDR barbed wire around Berlin.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

August 18, 1961. Construction of the wall under the supervision of armed soldiers.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Even closed the railway communication with the American sector of Berlin.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

One of the seven existing crossing points between East and West Germany.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

GDR border guards looking through binoculars on the territory of Germany.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Girl looking through barbed wire in a neighboring state.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

The church building is blocked by soldiers of the GDR. Top of the wall are placed broken glass, to prevent escape attempts.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Trying to escape from East Germany 16 October 1961.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Photos of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet sector of Berlin, summer 1968.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Typical wall in East Berlin wall side.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

View from the top wall, 1978.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

The detention of the GDR border guards wounded Germans who tried to leave the country.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Creating a "death strip" along the Berlin Wall by the GDR in 1961.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Dying Peter Fechter evacuated GDR border guards after trying to escape to West Germany. Peter shot "his" Soviet soldiers and he spent almost an hour in the draw zone, before being taken to hospital, where he died Aug. 17, 1962.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

View of the Brandenburg Gate and encircling their wall, in November 1961.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

The border guard Army of the GDR, Conrad Schumann trying to escape in the French sector of Berlin, August 15, 1961.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Martin Luther King at the Berlin Wall 13 September 1964.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Mass escape (57) from East Germany to West Germany through an underground tunnel under the building of the former bakery, October 1964.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Warning sign "Warning! You are now leaving West Berlin ", 1988.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Unsuccessful attempt to escape from East Berlin, followed by shooting and arrest in April 1989.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Unity and celebration of a single nation Nov. 10, 1989.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Burst!

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence

Parts of the Berlin Wall can now be found all over the world.

Berlin Wall: 25 years of absence
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