tagged w/ the berlin wall
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Snaking along, cutting through fields and streets, the 28-mile-long Berlin Wall stood as a border between East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall, a symbol of oppression since it was erected, was opened by East Germany, leading to days of emotional celebrations. The fall of the Berlin Wall set in motion several important events, including the eventual reunification of the two countries on Oct. 3, 1990; the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe; and the eventual dissolution of the Soviet bloc in December 1991.
This piece includes a number of vintage photographs, as well as a historical short film on the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Please visit my website to view the vintage photographs and the historical short film:
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-ending-the-cold-war/Snaking along, cutting through fields and streets, the 28-mile-long Berlin Wall stood... more
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This mural of broom-eyebrowed Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev French-kissing the former East German chancellor Eric Honecker is genial as well as hysterical. Okay, so maybe they are not French-kissing. But you can't deny that there is heaving, unbridled passion at play here. Can I get an ew?This mural of broom-eyebrowed Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev French-kissing the former... more
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