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Opening of the new Brandenburg Gate border crossing

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December 22 1989
Berlin, Pariser Platz
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. The Reichstag is visible in the background on the right.

Depicts

Berlin Wall (East), border fence, celebration, crowd, opening of the border, rain, vehicle

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, Reichstag building

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