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The September 9, 1961 file photo shows East-German policemen in work dress as they remove barbed wire from a brick wall while other policemen in background are raising the wall to 15 feet at the border between the French and Russian sector at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin. (Photo by Edwin Reichert/AP Photo)

The September 9, 1961 file photo shows East-German policemen in work dress as they remove barbed wire from a brick wall while other policemen in background are raising the wall to 15 feet at the border between the French and Russian sector at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin. (Photo by Edwin Reichert/AP Photo)




The construction site of the Berlin Wall is pictured on June 6, 1961. The Wall was erected to minimize the flow of Eastern inhabitants moving to the West. (Photo by Keystone-France/Getty Images)

The construction site of the Berlin Wall is pictured on June 6, 1961. The Wall was erected to minimize the flow of Eastern inhabitants moving to the West. (Photo by Keystone-France/Getty Images)




Soldiers are pictured building the Berlin Wall in 1961. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Soldiers are pictured building the Berlin Wall in 1961. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)



West Berlin inhabitants wave at the newly erected Berlin Wall in 1961. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

West Berlin inhabitants wave at the newly erected Berlin Wall in 1961. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)




The 1968 file photo shows children playing at the Berlin Wall at divided Sebastianstrasse near Heinrich-Heine-Strasse. (Photo by AP Photo)

The 1968 file photo shows children playing at the Berlin Wall at divided Sebastianstrasse near Heinrich-Heine-Strasse. (Photo by AP Photo)




The Berlin wall at Chausseestrasse is pictured in 1961. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

The Berlin wall at Chausseestrasse is pictured in 1961. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)



Heinz Meixner, with his fiancee and her mother Frau Thurau, show how they arranged themselves in his Austin-Healey Sprite to drive through the Berlin Wall in 1965. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

Heinz Meixner, with his fiancee and her mother Frau Thurau, show how they arranged themselves in his Austin-Healey Sprite to drive through the Berlin Wall in 1965. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)




A section of the Berlin Wall is pictured in 1970. (Photo by Keystone-France/Getty Images)

A section of the Berlin Wall is pictured in 1970. (Photo by Keystone-France/Getty Images)



The August 13, 1962 file photo shows West Berliners waving to relatives in East Berlin one year after the Berlin Wall was erected at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin. (Photo by Werner Kreusch/AP Photo)

The August 13, 1962 file photo shows West Berliners waving to relatives in East Berlin one year after the Berlin Wall was erected at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin. (Photo by Werner Kreusch/AP Photo)




In this November 10, 1989 file photo Berliners sing and dance on top of The Berlin Wall to celebrate the opening of East-West German borders. Thousands of East German citizens moved into the West after East German authorities opened all border crossing points to the West. In the background is the Brandenburg Gate. (Photo by Thomas Kienzle/AP Photo)

In this November 10, 1989 file photo Berliners sing and dance on top of The Berlin Wall to celebrate the opening of East-West German borders. Thousands of East German citizens moved into the West after East German authorities opened all border crossing points to the West. In the background is the Brandenburg Gate. (Photo by Thomas Kienzle/AP Photo)




People stand on a section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz on November 11, 1989. (Photo by John Tlumacki/Getty Images)

People stand on a section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz on November 11, 1989. (Photo by John Tlumacki/Getty Images)




East and West German police contain the crowd of East Berliners flowing through the recent opening made in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Square on November 12, 1989. (Photo by Patrick Hertzog/AFP Photo)

East and West German police contain the crowd of East Berliners flowing through the recent opening made in the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Square on November 12, 1989. (Photo by Patrick Hertzog/AFP Photo)




West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall as they watch East German border guards demolish a section of the wall on November 11, 1989. (Photo by Gerard Malie/AFP Photo)

West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall as they watch East German border guards demolish a section of the wall on November 11, 1989. (Photo by Gerard Malie/AFP Photo)




East German soldiers and West German soldiers remove some of the first sections of the Berlin Wall at Potsdammer Platz on November 11, 1989. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

East German soldiers and West German soldiers remove some of the first sections of the Berlin Wall at Potsdammer Platz on November 11, 1989. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)




West German school children on their way to school come across the Berlin Wall being opened, and speak with two East German border guards on November 14, 1989 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo By Stephen Jaffe/Getty Images)

West German school children on their way to school come across the Berlin Wall being opened, and speak with two East German border guards on November 14, 1989 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo By Stephen Jaffe/Getty Images)




An East Berlin citizen (C) embraces a West Berlin woman while an East German border soldier watches on at the border checkpoint Invalidenstrasse after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

An East Berlin citizen (C) embraces a West Berlin woman while an East German border soldier watches on at the border checkpoint Invalidenstrasse after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)




West German citizens sit on the top of the Berlin wall near the Allied checkpoint Charlie after the opening of the East German border was announced November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

West German citizens sit on the top of the Berlin wall near the Allied checkpoint Charlie after the opening of the East German border was announced November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)




East and West German citizens celebrate as they climb the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg gate after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

East and West German citizens celebrate as they climb the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg gate after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)




East German soldiers cordon off the border line in front of West Berliners waiting to welcome East Berlin citizen before crossing the border at the Allied checkpoint Charlie near the Berlin Wall after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

East German soldiers cordon off the border line in front of West Berliners waiting to welcome East Berlin citizen before crossing the border at the Allied checkpoint Charlie near the Berlin Wall after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)




Russian cellist and composer Mstislav Rostropovich is filmed by media as he plays Bach next to the Berlin wall at Checkpoint Charlie, November 12, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Russian cellist and composer Mstislav Rostropovich is filmed by media as he plays Bach next to the Berlin wall at Checkpoint Charlie, November 12, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




West Berlin citizens welcome East Germans who passed the border checkpoint Invalidenstrasse after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

West Berlin citizens welcome East Germans who passed the border checkpoint Invalidenstrasse after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)




West Berlin citizens continue their vigil atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, November 10, 1989. (Photo by Andree Kaiser/Reuters)

West Berlin citizens continue their vigil atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, November 10, 1989. (Photo by Andree Kaiser/Reuters)




A young West German girl hammer the Berlin Wall in this November 19, 1989. (Photo by Michael Urban/Reuters)

A young West German girl hammer the Berlin Wall in this November 19, 1989. (Photo by Michael Urban/Reuters)




East Berliners cross and meet West Berliners at Potsdamer Platz after the Berlin Wall was torn down here making way for a new border crossing November 12, 1989. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)

East Berliners cross and meet West Berliners at Potsdamer Platz after the Berlin Wall was torn down here making way for a new border crossing November 12, 1989. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)




East German citizens help each other climb the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg gate after the opening of East German borders on November 10, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

East German citizens help each other climb the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg gate after the opening of East German borders on November 10, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




East German citizens help each other climb the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg gate after the opening of East German borders on November 10, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

East German citizens help each other climb the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg gate after the opening of East German borders on November 10, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




West Germans applaud as East Berlin citizens travel through Checkpoint Charlie, at the Berlin Wall, at the border of West Berlin, West Germany, November 10, 1989. (Photo by David Brauchli/Reuters)

West Germans applaud as East Berlin citizens travel through Checkpoint Charlie, at the Berlin Wall, at the border of West Berlin, West Germany, November 10, 1989. (Photo by David Brauchli/Reuters)




East German citizens climb the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg Gate as they celebrate the opening of the East German border on November 10, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

East German citizens climb the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg Gate as they celebrate the opening of the East German border on November 10, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Berliners take a hammer and chisel to a section of the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate after the opening of the East German border was announced on November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

Berliners take a hammer and chisel to a section of the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate after the opening of the East German border was announced on November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)




A man hammers a section of the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate after the opening of the East German border was announced on November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

A man hammers a section of the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate after the opening of the East German border was announced on November 9, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)




West Berlin citizens welcome East Germans who passed the border checkpoint Invaliden Strasse with an East German Trabant car after the opening of the East German border on November 10, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

West Berlin citizens welcome East Germans who passed the border checkpoint Invaliden Strasse with an East German Trabant car after the opening of the East German border on November 10, 1989. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)




A young West German girl smiles at her father as she points to a large hole in the Berlin Wall, November 11, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A young West German girl smiles at her father as she points to a large hole in the Berlin Wall, November 11, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Hundreds of East Berlin border guards stand atop the Berlin Wall at the Brandeburg Gate faced by thousands of West Berliners on November 11, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Hundreds of East Berlin border guards stand atop the Berlin Wall at the Brandeburg Gate faced by thousands of West Berliners on November 11, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




An East German bulldozer and crane knock down the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz to make way for a new border crossing in the dvided city, November 12, 1989. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)

An East German bulldozer and crane knock down the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz to make way for a new border crossing in the dvided city, November 12, 1989. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)




Border guards repair a section of the Berlin Wall, after protesters knocked it over earlier during the day, November 11, 1989. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)

Border guards repair a section of the Berlin Wall, after protesters knocked it over earlier during the day, November 11, 1989. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)




East German Trabant cars make their way past East Germans who have crossed the former border checkpoint Rudolphstein in Bavaria on motorway A9 after the opening of the East German border was announced on November 11, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

East German Trabant cars make their way past East Germans who have crossed the former border checkpoint Rudolphstein in Bavaria on motorway A9 after the opening of the East German border was announced on November 11, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Thousands of people walk along the Berlin Wall between Potsdamer Platz and Brandenburg Gate, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Thousands of people walk along the Berlin Wall between Potsdamer Platz and Brandenburg Gate, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




East German workers remove concrete parts of the Berlin Wall and load them onto trucks at the recently opened border crossing point at Potsdam Platz, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)

East German workers remove concrete parts of the Berlin Wall and load them onto trucks at the recently opened border crossing point at Potsdam Platz, November 9, 1989. (Photo by Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)




An East Berlin border guard hands a flower back to West Berlin citizens who are sitting atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate on November 9, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

An East Berlin border guard hands a flower back to West Berlin citizens who are sitting atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate on November 9, 1989. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




An East German border soldier looks through a large hole into the Berlin Wall after the opening of the East German border was announced, February 8, 1990. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

An East German border soldier looks through a large hole into the Berlin Wall after the opening of the East German border was announced, February 8, 1990. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)




An East German civilian (L) shows an East German customs officer the contents of his Trabant (auto) at checkpoint Potsdamer Platz in East Berlin in this November 24, 1989, as East Germany enforcing stringent customs controls to avoid smuggling. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

An East German civilian (L) shows an East German customs officer the contents of his Trabant (auto) at checkpoint Potsdamer Platz in East Berlin in this November 24, 1989, as East Germany enforcing stringent customs controls to avoid smuggling. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Soldiers of French, British, and American Forces carry away the sign of the Allied Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, June 22, 1990. The sign was removed on the occasion of the removal of the allied facility at Checkpoint Charlie. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Soldiers of French, British, and American Forces carry away the sign of the Allied Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, June 22, 1990. The sign was removed on the occasion of the removal of the allied facility at Checkpoint Charlie. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)
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