Rise of the Berlin Wall

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Updated On Aug 12, 2011 09:42 pm IST

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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.

Updated on Aug 12, 2011 09:42 pm IST

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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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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A tourist leans against a painted part of the former Berlin Wall named East Side Gallerie.

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A tourist leans against a painted part of the former Berlin Wall named East Side Gallerie.

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