What it was like witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall
When word of crowds gathering at the Berlin Wall reached Europe correspondent Ian Henderson on a cold November day in 1989, ...
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Closing the gap
One East Berlin pastor has preserved a stretch of the Wall to encourage people not to forget the nature of this terrible barrier. A chapel of reconciliation has been rebuilt on the death strip so ...
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Did Bowie bring down the Berlin Wall?
When Bowie arrived in early '76, just over 13 years before the Berlin Wall came down, escaping East Germans were still being shot on the "death strip" in the heart of the city. John Le Carre's ...
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Berlin Wall Memorial
Once you are finished in the visitor center, head across the street to see preserved remnants of the border strip. In addition to part of the Berlin Wall itself, you will find the Chapel of ...
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The Berlin Wall: Escape to Freedom (2006)
Berlin Wall: Escape To Freedom reveals the stories ... It takes us into the heart of the Death Strip – a lethal zone next to the Wall filled with barbed wire, mines, attack dogs, tank traps ...