Dismantling the Wall at Brandenburg Gate

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December 22 1989
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Rainer Schmidt

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The dismantling of the first sections of the Wall for the new border crossing at Brandenburg Gate, which was opened in a ceremony on 22 December 1989. Over 100,000 people and hundreds of camera teams attended the ceremony, presided over by Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the Chairman of the GDR Council of Ministers, Hans Modrow.

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barrier grid, Berlin Wall (West), border guard, crane, deconstruction of the Wall, group of people, mural crown, night, policeman (FRG), Wall graffiti, Wall hole

Context

opening of the border

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate

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