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Dismantling of the Wall at Brandenburg Gate

OBJECT INFORMATION

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December 21 - 22 1989
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Rainer Schmidt

License: Creative Commons License

The dismantling of the first Wall segments 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 Chairman of the GDR Council of Ministers, Hans Modrow.

Depicts

barrier grid, Berlin Wall (West), border guard, camera, group of people, mural crown, night, policeman (FRG), Wall graffiti

Context

deconstruction of the Wall, opening of the border

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate

Text in image

I have seen [...] and it runs through [...]

[...] don't have to sleep

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