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1 Visual Images of The Berlin Wall
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19 Berlin, Potsdamer Plaza, 1960s

20 Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie View from West to East Berlin, 1961

21 Berlin Brandenburg Gate without Quadriga View from West to East Berlin, mid-1950s

22 Berlin Brandenburg Gate View from West to East Berlin, 1967

23 Berlin Brandenburg Gate, March 7, 1998 Minutes before opening the gates for public traffic

24 Berlin Brandenburg Gate, July 1999 Love Parade

25 Basic facts at the time of July 31, 1998
  Total border length around West  Berlin: 96 mi / 155 km Border between East and West Berlin: 27 mi / 43.1 km Border between West Berlin and East Germany: 69 mi / km Border through residential areas in Berlin: 23 mi / 37 km Concrete segment wall: 3.6m (11.81 ft.) high, 66 mi / 106 km Wire mesh fencing: 41 mi / 66.5 km Anti-vehicle trenches: 65 mi / km Contact or signal fence: 79 mi / km Column track: 6-7 m (7.33 yd) wide, 77 mi / km Number of watch towers: Number of bunkers: Persons killed on the Berlin Wall: Persons injured by shooting: ca. 200

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27 Source Heiko Burkhardt. Berlin Wall.

28 Berlin, Berlin Wall at Zimmerstrasse/Markgrafenstrasse West Berliners watching over the Wall to the East


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