Germany marks anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall
Source: BBC
Celebrations are being held in Germany to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Concerts and exhibitions are being staged in the city and Chancellor Angela Merkel will later attend a huge open-air party at the Brandenburg Gate.
White balloons marking a stretch of the wall will be released to symbolise its disappearance.
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to stop people fleeing from Communist East Germany to the West.
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Illuminated white balloons, seen here near the Brandenburg Gate, mark the route of the Berlin Wall
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)as it aired on the news in 1989.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)"tear down that wall" and his predecessors having been building them between the races and cultures here in amerikkka since then.......... Wwwwhat hypocrisy reigns in this country........it's disgusting........