November 9th, 1989 - Historical Images
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36 Years ago, something happened that changed everything.
"The Berlin Wall was not one wall, but two. Measuring 155 kilometres (96 miles) long and four metres (13 feet) tall, these walls were separated by a heavily guarded, mined corridor of land known as the 'death strip'. It was under the constant surveillance of armed East German border guards who were authorised to shoot anyone attempting to escape into West Berlin. By 1989, the Wall was lined with 302 watchtowers
More than 100 people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall over the course of its 28-year history.
But the Wall was just one part of the larger 'inner German border' that separated East and West Germany, and hundreds more were killed trying to cross other fortified border points.
At a press conference on 9 November, East German spokesman Günter Schabowski announced that East Germans would be free to travel into West Germany, starting immediately. He failed to clarify that some regulations would remain in place. Western media inaccurately reported that the border had opened and crowds quickly gathered at checkpoints on both sides of the Wall. Passport checks were eventually abandoned and people crossed the border unrestricted. The political, economic and social impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall further weakened the already unstable East German government. Germany reunited on 3 October 1990, 11 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall."
Information borrowed from website below.
www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-berlin-wall-and-how-d....
A wall that kept people in, not allowing them to leave, was finally overcome by a mistake. Thank God. We need more peace.
youtu.be/qMtSisXjYZo?si=wDSSB27HjNTmXe5V
November 9th, 1989 - Historical Images
The Grove Photography Club
We meet every Saturday at 1130 AM SLT, Please join us.
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Club%20Road/130/193/34
36 Years ago, something happened that changed everything.
"The Berlin Wall was not one wall, but two. Measuring 155 kilometres (96 miles) long and four metres (13 feet) tall, these walls were separated by a heavily guarded, mined corridor of land known as the 'death strip'. It was under the constant surveillance of armed East German border guards who were authorised to shoot anyone attempting to escape into West Berlin. By 1989, the Wall was lined with 302 watchtowers
More than 100 people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall over the course of its 28-year history.
But the Wall was just one part of the larger 'inner German border' that separated East and West Germany, and hundreds more were killed trying to cross other fortified border points.
At a press conference on 9 November, East German spokesman Günter Schabowski announced that East Germans would be free to travel into West Germany, starting immediately. He failed to clarify that some regulations would remain in place. Western media inaccurately reported that the border had opened and crowds quickly gathered at checkpoints on both sides of the Wall. Passport checks were eventually abandoned and people crossed the border unrestricted. The political, economic and social impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall further weakened the already unstable East German government. Germany reunited on 3 October 1990, 11 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall."
Information borrowed from website below.
www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-berlin-wall-and-how-d....
A wall that kept people in, not allowing them to leave, was finally overcome by a mistake. Thank God. We need more peace.
youtu.be/qMtSisXjYZo?si=wDSSB27HjNTmXe5V