20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
admin | November 9, 2009It is today the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. You can find a set of arresting photos of such abomination since the moment it was built up to the present here.
“Built with barbed wire and concrete in August of 1961 by the Communist East, The Berlin Wall, stretching for about 30 miles, was a Cold War symbol which separated East and West Berlin, preventing people from leaving East Germany. According to the “August 13 Association” which specialises in the history of the Berlin Wall, at least 938 people – 255 in Berlin alone – died, shot by East German border guards, attempting to flee to West Berlin or West Germany. It stood for 28 years as a division between the Soviets and the Allies. The wall was torn down after Communism collapsed in 1989. ”
