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| To mark the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, let's take a look at the transformation of certain areas of the German capital since the historic incident. |
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| The Berlin Wall with a writing that says “The wall must fall,” in March 1973, and (below) a portion of the Wall Remembrance Monument at the same spot in 2014. |
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| Relatives from East and West Berlin wave at each other a year after the Berlin Wall was created in 1962, and (R) the same intersection in 2014. |
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| East German policemen remove barbed wire as other guards raise the height of the Wall to 15 feet (4.5 meters) in 1961, and (below) the same location in 2014 with the white line on Bernauer Strasse indicating where the Wall once stood. |
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| Children playing at Sebastianstrasse in 1968, and (R) a man walking in the area in 2014. |
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| Soldiers peer over the newly built wall in 1961, outside the entrance to Potsdamer Platz underground station, and (below) the entrance in 2014 |
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| A view of East Berlin from a platform at Bernauer Strasse, West Berlin, in 1980, and (below) trams crossing the area in 2014. |
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| An East Berlin woman looks out across the newly built Wall, circa 1961, and (below) a woman looks out from the window of a youth hostel at Bernauer Strasse in 2014. |
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| A woman looks at the Wall along the Spree river in 1980, and (below) a bridge crossing the river, where the Wall once stood, in 2014. |
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| U.S. President Richard Nixon looks across into East Germany in February 1969, and (below) the former Berlin Wall Checkpoint Heinrich-Heine-Strasse in 2014. |
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| U.S. President John F. Kennedy visits Checkpoint Charlie in June 1963, and (below) the area in 2014. |
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| Berlin Wall checkpoint at Heinrich-Heine-Strasse in March 1971, and (below) bicyclists cross the Kreuzberg district in 2014. |
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| Soviet and U.S. tanks stand face to face at Checkpoint Charlie in October 1961, and (below) traffic crosses the intersection of Friedrichstrasse and Zimmerstrasse in 2014. |
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| A child in a playground near the Wall in July 1981, and (below) cars parked at the same spot in October 2014 |
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| An empty Potsdamer Platz in August 1962, and (below) traffic in the same area in 2014. |
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| East Germans erect the Wall in front of the Reichstag in November 1961, and (below) people cycle across the same spot in 2014. |
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| Construction work going on at the Wall in August 1985, and (below) the Friedrichstrasse in 2014. |
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| The Wall around Brandenburg Gate in November 1961, and (below) traffic in the same area in 2014. |
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| People dance at the wall near Brandenburg Gate in November 1989, and (below) the same spot in October 2014. |
