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November 9, 2004
Fifteen Years Ago Today
Tim over at Freespace has a good post on the fall of the Berlin Wall, relevant as today is the 15th anniversary of this event.
When I visited Berlin in early 1999 what amazed me was the complete absence of most signs that the wall even existed. They had preserved a few sections but they seemed to be few and far between. In most areas, the only tip off that you were near its previous location was a multitude of cranes and recently constructed buildings. A local told us that where the wall and the buffer zone had been was now the most active construction zone in the world.
While the progress was nice to see, it would have been beneficial to see a clearer reminder of the monstrosity that divided East and West Berlin.
Posted by Peter Mork at November 9, 2004 11:34 AM
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