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Berlin Wall, former barrier
surrounding West Berlin
and symbol of the Cold War,
built on August 13, 1961
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City of Berlin: Divided into the
American, British, French and Soviet
sector with several border crossing
points like Checkpoint Charlie
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96 mi (155 km) barbed wire
barricade and concrete wall
with an average height of
11.8 ft (3.60 m)
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Opened by East Germans on
November 9, 1989 and torn down
by end of 1990, as Communism
collapsed and Cold War ended
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Explore the history and present
of the Berlin Wall on this web site
which comes from Berlin and
has been online since spring 1997
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Read facts about the Berlin Wall
and articles on the archive,
watch photographs and enjoy
in learning from history
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