Berlin Wall News Report

The military guarded concrete barrier physically and ideologically divided berlin from 1961 to 1989.

Berlin wall news report. Media caption the bbc reports from the scene as the berlin wall goes up. The wall was eventually built in 1961 because east berlin was haemorrhaging people to the west. Berlin a few miles from the former berlin wall frank mader reflects on a life divided between east and west a tale of two halves that don t fit neatly together but which captures the twists. On 3 october 1990 the two germanys merged to form a new united country.

Three decades after the berlin wall fell the crossing is a. On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall adam parsons looks at its lasting impact and what has changed. News us news elections 2020 world news environment soccer us politics business tech science opinion the guardian view columnists. As europeans across the continent mark 30 years from the fall of the berlin wall on 9 november 1989 one cannot but recall the role played by pope saint john paul ii in unifying europe in freedom.

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In 1997 egon krenz received a six and a half year jail sentence for the manslaughter of people killed by border guards when trying to escape to the west.