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People on the Berlin Wall by the Brandenburg Gate in November 1989
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Berlin Wall

This year marks 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, which was built by East Germany's Socialist-ruled government in 1961. It cut off West Berlin from East Berlin and surrounded East Germany.

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