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At Brandenburg Gate border crossing

OBJECT INFORMATION

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December 22 1989
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Jürgen Kronenberg

License: Creative Commons License

West Berlin residents entering East Berlin at the newly installed border crossing at Brandenburg Gate, festively opened on December 22, 1989. The opening ceremony was carried out by Helmut Kohl and the East German premier, Hans Modrow, and attracted more than 100,000 onlookers and hundreds of camera teams.

Depicts

barrier grid, Berlin Wall, border guard, group of people, opening of the border, Wall graffiti

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate

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Original Caption

"West Berliners enter via the new border crossing."