{"id":16393,"date":"2014-11-09T12:04:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T17:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=16393"},"modified":"2022-08-28T14:16:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:16:39","slug":"the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=16393","title":{"rendered":"The Fall of the Berlin Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

25 years ago today, the Berlin Wall<\/a> was breached by the people of east and west Berlin. On this day, the reunification of Germany and the collapse of the Soviet Empire began.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hard to believe that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is gone. I grew up during the Cold War and remember worrying about an all out nuclear war between the USA and the USSR. Now, we have a generation of people who really never knew what it was like to stare at that wall and the minefields running the length of the border between East and West Germany.<\/p>\n

The Wall was constructed in 1961 as a means to keep the people living under communism from fleeing \u201cThe Workers Paradise\u201d to the West. When the Soviets started building the Wall, it caught most of the world by surprise. People asked \u201cIf communism is so good, why do you need to build a wall to keep people in?\u201d The Communists claimed that it was an \u201cAnti-Fascist Barrier\u201d designed to stop an invasion of the East by NATO.<\/p>\n

No one with any sense believed that for a moment. The minefields and the actual wall could be easily breached by NATO military forces if we ever did decide to invade the Warsaw Pact countries. However, it was very good at stopping people from fleeing. An estimated 118 people<\/a> died trying to cross over.<\/p>\n

The Berlin Wall became a symbol of the differences between the West and the East. On one side, you had freedom and prosperity. On the other side, a giant gulag. Several Presidents went to the Wall to demand it be removed. It was just after Ronald Reagan, probably the greatest president of the 20th<\/sup> century, when the Wall finally came down. Below are videos of the first President and the last President to visit the Wall.<\/p>\n

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John F. Kennedy began the fight in 1963 to tear down the wall. Ronald Reagan completed the task.<\/p>\n

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The results of our determination finally appeared on November 9th<\/sup>, 1989.<\/p>\n

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Now pieces of the Wall is considered a collectors item. People in Germany remember where they were when the Wall was dismantled. There is a segment of the Wall at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia. These segments, and others placed around the World are a memorial to those who died trying to escape to freedom.<\/p>\n

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The Fall of the Berlin Wall \u2013 BBC Radio Scotland | Vival …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
It is 25 years to the day since the Fall of the Berlin Wall \u2013 9th November 1989. A quarter of a century ago the seemingly impossible happened and that grotesque symbol of a brutal totalitarian regime was breached. Not through violence or …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/vivalpublications.com\/ \u2014 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 08:53:41 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall \u2014 Phyllis …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
The Berlin Wall, built by the Soviets in 1961 to keep the East Germans and East Berliners from traveling to freedom in the West, fell on November 9, 1989.<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.phylliszimblermiller.com\/ \u2014 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 08:30:45 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Merkel on Fall of the Berlin Wall: “Dreams Can Come True …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and while brave brands attempt to commemorate the beginning of the end of the Cold War through native advertising online, citizens of Berlin gathered along the wall’s former path …<\/div>\n
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TIAM Weekend: A Look Back At The Fall Of The Berlin Wall …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
A look back at the tear down of the Berlin wall & an upcoming jazz performance at Kirkwood Station Brewery.<\/div>\n
http:\/\/stlouis.cbslocal.com\/<\/a> \u2014 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 07:51:35 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Kevipedia: Berlin Wall<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Berlin Wall. This evening marks a quarter of a century (25 years, or 9,131 days) that the Berliner Mauer (German for Berlin Wall) was torn down at 17:17 and also at 20:00 Central European Time; it was an historic evening not only for both East …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/kevipedia.blogspot.com\/<\/a> \u2014 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 07:17:00 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Fall Of the Berlin Wall : 25th Anniversary | PRO MOTION …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Today, November 9, 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier that existed between 1961 and 1989 inclusively, constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR …<\/div>\n
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The Berlin Wall and the Stassi | theoutwardquest<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I suggest that a good way to commemorate this would be to watch the 2006 movie The Lives of Others. It is not directly about the wall, but about life in East Germany under the …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/theoutwardquest.wordpress.com\/<\/a> \u2014 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 06:41:33 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Berlin Wall 20 years | MiaPhotolio<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
It’s been 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell down. I was in Berlin in 2008 when we (parents and me) travelled to Germany. You could still feel the atmosphere there. At the time I only had a video camera so the quality of the photos are not the …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/miaphotolio.wordpress.com\/<\/a> \u2014 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 06:29:50 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Opening of the Berlin Wall | Steve Scott<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
On this day, November 9th, 1989, I remember watching on TV as they tore down sections of the Berlin Wall. It had a profound impact on me\u2013it happened on my 11th birthday. Life in divided Germany was a fascination of mine growing up.<\/div>\n
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Marking The 25th Anniversary Of The Fall Of The Berlin Wall<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Three-year-old Hulda puts flowers in a crack of the former Berlin Wall to commemorate the victims of the wall at the memorial site at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. (AP Photo\/Markus Schreiber) …<\/div>\n
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Ruins of the Berlin Wall: what they whisper 25 years later …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
What remains of the Berlin Wall discloses a subtle yet stark reminder for civilization to not \u201clook to walls as solutions,\u201d says German priest Father Bernd Hagenkord, S.J.. It’s been twenty-five years to the day since the wall fell \u2013 an event which …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/stfrancisbelmont.com\/<\/a> \u2014 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 06:06:16 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fall of the Berlin Wall 25th Anniversary | WGN-TV<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Today marks 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was built in 1961 to stop people fleeing from Communist East Germany, to the West. The wall came down in 1989, becoming a symbolic end to the Cold War. It stretched for 96-miles …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/wgntv.com\/<\/a> \u2014 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 05:45:19 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Germany’s Merkel: Fall Of Berlin Wall Shows Dreams Come …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
A quarter-century after the Berlin Wall that split East and West Germany came down, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said its destruction shows that dreams.<\/div>\n
http:\/\/weku.fm\/<\/a> \u2014 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 05:42:00 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reflecting on the fall of the Berlin Wall – 25 years later from a …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
The German Democratic Republic (GDR) began construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to prevent the large-scale emigration and defection of people from East Germany after World War II. Seemingly overnight, the Berlin Wall separated …<\/div>\n
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