The Berlin Wall fell thirty years ago on November 9, 1989. It was the best known symbol of the cold war. Its construction in 1961 divided Berlin east from west. The Lutheran Lazarus Order was close to the wall and had a view of its history.
Remembering the Fall of the Berlin Wall
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An unidentified West Berliner swings a sledgehammer, trying to destroy the Berlin Wall near Potsdamer Platz, on November 12, 1989, where a new passage was opened nearby. (AP Photo/John Gaps III)
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Germany Berlin Wall Lutheran Sisterhood
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Germany Berlin Wall Lutheran Sisterhood
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Germany Berlin Wall Lutheran Sisterhood