GERMANY ~ Berlin Wall 1989 ~

... Great postcard showing an iconic view of people stand atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate on November 10, 1989... the fall of the Berlin Wall was one of the most important events in European history of the last decades, a moment full of emotion...  the wall was completely destroyed within the next two years, with East and West Germany officially reunified in 1990... to this day, the Berlin Wall remains one of the most powerful and enduring symbols of the Cold War... in 2019, Berlin celebrates the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with events and exhibitions dealing with its construction, the division of Berlin, the Cold War and the Peaceful Revolution of 1989... also with unique "Fall Der Berliner Wall" special postmark👍... Big Thanks Dustin!¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Berlin Wall was a 155km long guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the Wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin.

With the closing of the East-West sector boundary in Berlin, the vast majority of East Germans could no longer travel or emigrate to West Germany. Berlin soon went from being the easiest place to make an unauthorized crossing between East and West Germany to being the most difficult. Many families were split, while East Berliners employed in the West were cut off from their jobs. West Berlin became an isolated exclave in a hostile land.

 

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Definitives - Flowers
(01-07-2019)