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IN PHOTOS: 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

By Staff Global News
Posted November 8, 2014 2:17 pm
An East German youth chips away the wall with a chisel and a hammer as East and West German citizens celebrate as the opening of the East German border was announced in Nov.10, 1989. View image in full screen
An East German youth chips away the wall with a chisel and a hammer as East and West German citizens celebrate as the opening of the East German border was announced in Nov.10, 1989. AP Photo/file
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Germany on Sunday celebrates the 25th anniversary of the night the Berlin Wall fell, a pivotal moment in the collapse of communism and the start of the country’s emergence as the major power at the heart of Europe.

A 15-kilometre chain of lighted balloons along the former border will be released into the air early Sunday evening – around the time on Nov. 9, 1989 when a garbled announcement by a senior communist official set off the chain of events that brought down the Cold War’s most potent symbol.

Here are some scenes from the anniversary as well as from the night the Wall fell.

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Visitors peek into the former "death strip" between layers of the former Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse on the day before the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on November 8, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The city of Berlin is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. View image in gallery mode
Visitors peek into the former "death strip" between layers of the former Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse on the day before the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on November 8, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The city of Berlin is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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A visitor stops to look at impromptu crosses at a memorial to people who died while trying to flee from East Berlin into West Berlin as a light installation of balloons tethered to lamps along the course of the Berlin Wall is visible behind. View image in gallery mode
A visitor stops to look at impromptu crosses at a memorial to people who died while trying to flee from East Berlin into West Berlin as a light installation of balloons tethered to lamps along the course of the Berlin Wall is visible behind. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Visitors walk under a light installation of balloons tethered to lamps along the course of the former Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate on the day before the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on Nov. 8, 2014. View image in gallery mode
Visitors walk under a light installation of balloons tethered to lamps along the course of the former Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate on the day before the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on Nov. 8, 2014. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (C) walks across Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 8, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Gorbachev's liberalization of the political climate within the Cold War-era eastern Bloc allowed for mass demonstrations and ultimately the overthrow of communist dictatorships across the region. View image in gallery mode
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (C) walks across Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 8, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Gorbachev's liberalization of the political climate within the Cold War-era eastern Bloc allowed for mass demonstrations and ultimately the overthrow of communist dictatorships across the region. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Visitors in East German-era Trabant cars drive next to a still-standing section of the Berlin Wall at Bornholmer Strasse, where nearly 25 years before East Germans crossed into West Berlin. View image in gallery mode
Visitors in East German-era Trabant cars drive next to a still-standing section of the Berlin Wall at Bornholmer Strasse, where nearly 25 years before East Germans crossed into West Berlin. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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A visitor standing near a still-standing portion of the original Berlin Wall looks at a photograph showing jubilent East Germans crossing into West Berlin at Bornholmer Strasse before the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. View image in gallery mode
A visitor standing near a still-standing portion of the original Berlin Wall looks at a photograph showing jubilent East Germans crossing into West Berlin at Bornholmer Strasse before the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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East and West German citizens celebrate as they climb the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg gate after the opening of the East German border was announced in 1989. View image in gallery mode
East and West German citizens celebrate as they climb the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg gate after the opening of the East German border was announced in 1989. AP Photo/File
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An East German youth chips away the wall with a chisel and a hammer as East and West German citizens celebrate as the opening of the East German border was announced in Nov.10, 1989. View image in gallery mode
An East German youth chips away the wall with a chisel and a hammer as East and West German citizens celebrate as the opening of the East German border was announced in Nov.10, 1989. AP Photo/file
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East Berlin citizens cross and meet West Berliners after the Berlin wall was torn down here making way for a new border crossing Nov. 12, 1989. View image in gallery mode
East Berlin citizens cross and meet West Berliners after the Berlin wall was torn down here making way for a new border crossing Nov. 12, 1989. AP Photo
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BERLIN: Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin wall in November, 1989. View image in gallery mode
BERLIN: Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin wall in November, 1989. AP Photo/file
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East German border officers standing next to the torn down wall on Nov. 11, 1989. View image in gallery mode
East German border officers standing next to the torn down wall on Nov. 11, 1989. AP Photo
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FILE - The June 26, 1963 file photo shows U.S. President John Kennedy standing on an observation platform as he looks into East Berlin. View image in gallery mode
FILE - The June 26, 1963 file photo shows U.S. President John Kennedy standing on an observation platform as he looks into East Berlin. AP Photo
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FILE - The Nov. 20, 1961 photo shows 12 feet high boards hiding the work as East German troops erect a new concrete wall at the Brandenburg Gate, marking the East-West border in Berlin. In background is the former Reichstag building which is in West Berlin. View image in gallery mode
FILE - The Nov. 20, 1961 photo shows 12 feet high boards hiding the work as East German troops erect a new concrete wall at the Brandenburg Gate, marking the East-West border in Berlin. In background is the former Reichstag building which is in West Berlin. AP Photo/file
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The Sept. 9, 1961 file photo shows East-German policemen in work dress as they remove barbed wire from a brick wall while other policemen in background are raising the wall to 15 feet at the border between the French and Russian sector at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin. View image in gallery mode
The Sept. 9, 1961 file photo shows East-German policemen in work dress as they remove barbed wire from a brick wall while other policemen in background are raising the wall to 15 feet at the border between the French and Russian sector at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin. AP Photo/Edwin Reichert, file

— With files from the Associated Press

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