Official opening ceremony at Brandenburg Gate

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December 22 1989
Berlin, Pariser Platz
Created By: Christer Markgraf

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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

crane, flag of the GDR, group of people, isolating equipment, rain, vehicle

Context

opening of the border

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz

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