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Opening of the new Brandenburg Gate border crossing

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December 22 1989
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Christer Markgraf

License: Creative Commons License

A crowd at the new Brandenburg Gate border crossing, which was opened in a festive ceremony on 22 December 1989. Hundreds of camera teams and over 100,000 people attended the ceremony presided over by then BRD Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the then GDR Chairman of the Council of Minsters Hans Modrow.

Depicts

celebration, crowd, flag, opening of the border, rain

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate

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Original Caption

"The opening of Brandenburg Gate. A reminder of the events taking place simultaneously in Rumania"