Rise of the Berlin Wall
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Original parts of the Berlin Wall stand on an area of a construction material company in Teltow, Berlin. On August 13, Germany will witness the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall and commemorate the victims killed.
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An East Berlin border guard standing on a ladder in West Berlin's Neukolln district on May 17, 1988, as he gives instructions to remove a part of the Berlin wall after East Berlin agreed to hand over a small portion of land to West Berlin.
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A file photo shows East Berlin border guards standing atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandeburg Gate.
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A cyclist passing the famous painting of an east German Trabant car breaking through the Berlin Wall at the largest remaining part of the Wall, a mile long segment called the East Side Gallery. File photo.
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A file photo of a worker building parts of the wall between the eastern and western part of Berlin.
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Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel looking through a peephole to view the death strip at the new Berlin Wall Memorial prior to the opening ceremony on August 13, 1998.
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A file combination photo shows tourists posing in front of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg gate in Berlin, June 6, 1989 (L) and a general view of the Brandenburg gate in Berlin, July 14, 2009
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An artist performs between iron bars during a rehearsal in Berlin, Germany. The performance "Between the bricks" will be shown during the remembrance celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall.
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