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1. The Berlin Wall divided the modern capital of Germany from August 3, , until November 9, for a total of 10, days. As of November 9, , it has been 10, days since the wall fell.

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2. "A brittle cold gripped the air, and the ink-black sky was dusted with stars. Unlit and pot-holed, the streets of Mitte, the heart of East Berlin, were treacherous to walk on. Ghosts seemed all around me," writes Richard Ingham of the night the Berlin Wall fell. "Blackened buildings still bore the scars of shelling in A few hundred metres away, the remains of Hitler’s.

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3. Nov 08,  · The fall of the Berlin Wall did not just represent the destruction of the physical barrier that for 28 years split a city and a country in two opposing sides.

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4. A tourist takes a photo through a gap of two concrete plates of the former Berlin Wall at the wall memorial on Bernauer Street in Berlin, Wednesday, Aug. 13, , prior to the 47th.

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5. Here is a quick list of the Berlin Wall inspired music that has rocked our world: Pink Floyd - A Great Day for Freedom From the band's album The Division Bell, A Great Day for Freedom, represents the hope of freedom and disappointments after the wall fell, .

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6. One year after the Berlin Wall’s construction, an 81 year old man dug a huge tunnel underneath it. It took him 16 days with the help of other elderly people. Once established, the tunnel was regularly used to smuggle people out of East Berlin. In fact the single biggest Berlin Wall escape was by this tunnel in – where 57 people escaped.

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7. Oct 28,  · The Berlin Wall chippings sold in the souvenir shop at Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie museum for €3 a piece come from a depot close to Tegel airport, owned by Volker Pawlikowski.

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8. Nov 12,  · Only a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, 15 years ago this week, year-old Chris Gueffroy was the last German to die at the German-German .

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9. Nov 05,  · For a barrier meant to prevent travel, chips, chunks and full segments of the mile-long reinforced concrete wall have done a good job themselves getting around the world.

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