The fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later Under30Summit
. One business in particular has been supplying the vast majority of Berlin’s gift shops with colorful shards of the wall, first secured in 1991.
Pieces of the Berlin Wall are a popular souvenir, and one business is supplying nearly all of the capital's gift shops from slabs bought in 1991.Few dared to live in the proximity of the highly-fortified and heavily-guarded Berlin Wall. But after the fall of the barrier, those areas of central Berlin soon reacquired their popularity, with property pricesThis digital composite image shows the corner of Koethener Strasse and Stresemannstrasse in Berlin in 1972 and on October 24, 2019.
East and West Germans celebrate with sparklers and flags on the Berlin wall in the night from November 9th to 10th 1989. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the ensuing collapse of the German Democratic Republic, those living in East Germany were able to discover just how much material the Ministry for State Security had gathered about their lives.
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