I dug out these images of Berlin from 2009, 2011, 2013. Nov 9 25 years ago, a 28 year old wall began to be broken, opening East Germany to the world and the world to East Germany. If it hadn't come down, I can picture many of my Ossi friends still in their flowered wallpapered homes watching Sandmännchen cartoons while snacking on Spreewald gherkins or Knusperflocken...wait...that doesn't sound so bad.
Today, pieces of the wall remind the world that walls can be built but they can also be taken down.
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| "...and now I have to congratulate you! We are in wonderment. The Berlin Wall is destroyed. It is wonderful. I congratulate all German people on this event!" |
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| July 2011 |
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November 2013
on the east side of Brandenburg Gate |
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November 2013
on the west side of the Brandenburg Gate |
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July 2011
The grass now grows where the wall once split West and East (left and right) at Potsdamer Platz |
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