Police personnel carrier in front of the Wall at Brandenburg Gate

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

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Police personnel carrier and barricades in front of the Wall at the new Brandenburg Gate border crossing, 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 former Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Chairman of the GDR Council of Ministers, Hans Modrow.

Depicts

barrier grid, Berlin Wall (West), car, group of people, night, policeman (FRG), Wall graffiti

Context

opening of the border

People/Organizations

police (FRG)

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate

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