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Fall of Berlin Wall
Nov 11 2009, Marco Villa

This week, the entire world celebrated the 20th year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Built by the communist East German “Democratic Republic of Germany,” the Wall was meant to trap inside East Germans so they will not leave for the free...

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