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- Length: 26.8 mi or 43.1 km Berlin City Web site: The Berlin Wall (2008)
- Built on August 13, 1961 Berlin City Web site: The Berlin Wall (2008)
- Torn down from June to November 1990 Berlin City Web site: The Berlin Wall (2008)
- Average height: 11 ft or 3.6 meters Berlin Wall Online: Berlin Wall History
- 138 people confirmed killed trying to cross the wall Berlin City Web site: The Berlin Wall (2008)
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The Berlin Wall divided East Berlin and West Berlin from August 13, 1961 until November 9, 1989 Berlin City Web site: The Berlin Wall (2008). It was built by the communist German Democratic Republic to stop East Germans fleeing to West Berlin. The Berlin Wall consisted of an inner and outer wall with an area in between called the "death strip." Guards were posted along the wall with shoot-to-kill orders. It became a symbol of the Cold War and the division between communism and capitalism. Several sections of the wall stand as memorials today.
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The Wall Today
- East Side Gallery section of wall covered with paintings by various artists from all over the world
- Bernauerstrasse Wall Park section of wall includes death strip, Chapel of Reconciliation and a Documentation Center
- Niederkirchnerstrasse short section next to an exhibit, called Topography of Terror, about the Gestapo headquarters
- Potsdamer Platz section of wall with graffiti
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Berlin Wall Questions
How to remove the shine from painted walls? 2 AnswersLook for a product called paint de-glosser. When I first started painting apartments, we used it to help adhere latex paint over oil-based gloss paints. It bre... read more
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Love the tie to HF (the genre we are looking at) and use of symbolism. Going to use a clip from youtube of the Berlin Wall coming down.
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RT @BinaShah: Wow, everyone's so excited about the Berlin Wall but nobody cares about the Palestinian Wall.
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RT @BinaShah: Wow, ... Berlin Wall ....Palestinian Wall. Who cares about it, Muslim cntries don't even raise a voice n v xpct non muslims
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Berlin Wall takedown still to be celebrated: Thomas Dolby, Eastern Bloc: http://blip.fm/~gqcxk
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My 1000th tweet is dedicated to @WGyenny! I am thankful for PARK YEEUN for taking down the Berlin wall between IDOL&FANS! Yenny u r AMAZING!
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