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Border opening at Brandenburg Gate

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December 22 1989
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Viola Kaffke

License: Creative Commons License

A crowd of people on Pariser Platz close to Brandenburg Gate, where a new border crossing was opened amidst celebrations 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

Christmas tree, crowd, night, opening of the border, rain

Places

Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz

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