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Segments of the Berlin Wall have been given to various institutions since the fall of the wall on November 9, 1989. Segments are occasionally moved, so locations shown may not be accurate.

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List of Berlin Wall segments

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Segments of the Berlin Wall have been given to various institutions since the fall of the wall on November 9, 1989. Segments are occasionally moved, so...

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Berlin Wall

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The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic...

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Berlin Wall graffiti art

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Gallery, and Bernauer Straße; many segments are now exhibited in other countries; see List of Berlin Wall segments. My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly...

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

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fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌfal] ) on November 9, 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the destruction of the...

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Wall of Shame

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"Wall of Shame" (German: Schandmauer) is a phrase that is most commonly associated with the Berlin Wall. In this context, the phrase was coined by Willy...

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East Berlin

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East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. The Western Allied powers did not recognize East Berlin as the GDR's capital, nor the GDR's...

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Checkpoint Charlie

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Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991), as named by...

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List of deaths at the Berlin Wall

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the Berlin Wall, which stood as a barrier between West Berlin and East Berlin from 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989. Before the construction of the...

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Berlin Crisis of 1961

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Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany. The crisis culminated in the city's de facto partition with the East German erection of the Berlin Wall. The...

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Chris Gueffroy

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in an escape attempt while trying to escape from East Berlin to West Berlin across the Berlin Wall. Chris Gueffroy was born in Pasewalk, Bezirk Neubrandenburg...

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Wings of Desire

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angels visible around West Berlin, at the time encircled by the Berlin Wall, Wenders and author Peter Handke conceived of the story and continued to develop...

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Konrad Schumann

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escaped to West Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Born in Zschochau (now part of Jahnatal) during World War II, Schumann enlisted...

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Killing of Peter Fechter

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at the Berlin Wall. Fechter was 18 years old when he was shot and killed by East German border guards while trying to cross over to West Berlin. Peter...

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West Berlin

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West Berlin (German: Berlin (West) or West-Berlin, German pronunciation: [ˈvɛstbɛʁˌliːn] ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin...

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Topography of Terror

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extant segment of the outer wall, as the longer East Side Gallery section in Friedrichshain was part of the inner wall, not visible from West Berlin. The...

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Republikflucht

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the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. As of 28 June 1979, the wording of § 213 StGB was: (1) Unlawfully crossing the border of the German Democratic...

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Checkpoint Charlie Museum

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and a mini-U-boat. The museum researches and maintains a list of deaths at the Berlin Wall. It is operated by the Mauermuseum-Betriebs gGmbH, and the...

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West of the Wall

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song tells of the sadness of lovers separated by the Berlin Wall which divided West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin at the time...

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