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Official opening ceremony at Brandenburg Gate border crossing

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December 22 1989
Berlin, Otto-Grotewohl-Straße, now Wilhelmstraße
Created By: Christer Markgraf

License: Creative Commons License

A crowd near Brandenburg Gate, where a new border crossing was opened amidst celebrations on December 22, 1989. The opening ceremony was carried out by Helmut Kohl and the East German premier, Hans Modrow, and attracted more than 100,000 onlookers and hundreds of camera teams.

Depicts

border guard, crowd, German flag, handmade medium, opening of the border, protest sign, rain, street sign

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate

Text in image

Bruder / Hans / + / Helmut / einig

Otto-Grotewohl-Straße

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