The Berlin Wall was the setting for one of the most defining moments of
living memory when, on Nov. 9, 1989, it “fell” after nearly three
decades dividing Germany into East and West. At least 136 people died
trying to cross it between 1961 and 1989, and the barrier is remembered
today more for what it was than what it is. Presently, just two sizable
sections remain as memorials: the Bernauer Strasse section in the city’s
north, which acts as an exhibition about city life in the time of the
Berlin Wall, and the East Side Gallery, which is full off colorful
murals, including the famous Fraternal Kiss, depicting Soviet leader
Leonid Brezhnev smooching Erich Honecker, his East German counterpart.The Berlin Wall was the setting for one of the most defining moments of
living memory when, on Nov. 9, 1989, it “fell” after nearly three
decades dividing Germany into East and West. At least 136 people died
trying to cross it between 1961 and 1989, and the barrier is remembered
today more for what it was than what it is. Presently, just two sizable
sections remain as memorials: the Bernauer Strasse section in the city’s
north, which acts as an exhibition about city life in the time of the
Berlin Wall, and the East Side Gallery, which is full off colorful
murals, including the famous Fraternal Kiss, depicting Soviet leader
Leonid Brezhnev smooching Erich Honecker, his East German counterpart.
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