A man waves to his relatives on the other side of the Berlin Wall, August 1967.
November 9th marks the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. Built with barbed wire and concrete in August of 1961 by the Communist East, the 30-mile Berlin Wall was a Cold War symbol separating East and West Berlin, preventing people from leaving East Germany. According to the “August 13 Association” which specialises in the wall's history, at least 938 people died, shot by East German border guards, attempting to flee to West Berlin or West Germany. The wall stood for 28 years as a division between the Soviets and the Allies. During the summer of 1989, tens of thousands of East Germans fled the communist regime.
A man hammers away at the Berlin Wall, 12 November 1989.
Thousands of young East Berliners gather at the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate, 11 November 1989.
Peoples from East and West Germany greet each other, 22 December 1989.
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