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Perspective

Nov. 12, 2014

Where there is a wall, there is a way

Twenty-five years ago, on Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. By James Cooper


By James Cooper


Twenty-five years ago, on Nov. 9, 1989, East German border guards did the unthinkable, and allowed the first group of East German citizens to cross into the West Berlin in close to three decades. On that November day, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down.


The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to stem the tide of the over 3.5 East German refugees who had flooded into West Berlin escaping the harsh Communist regime of East Germany in the afterma...

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