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The liberal ideals of 1989 “are not something we can take for granted”, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday, just days after his governing coalition collapsed. People stand in front of the German Democratic Republic former command post that is now the Gunter Litfin memorial during the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin on November 9, 2024. — AFP pic
Musicians play on stage during the ‘Konzert für Freiheit’ for the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, on November 9, 2024 at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. — AFP picIn the evening, a “freedom party” with a music and light show was to be held at Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate, on the former path of the concrete barrier that had cut the city in two since 1961.
The Brandenburg gate is illuminated during celebrations marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin on November 9, 2024. — AFP picAmong the art installations will be thousands of images created by citizens on the theme of “freedom”, to drive home the enduring relevance of the historical event.
The 155-kilometre “wall of shame” was erected around West Berlin in 1961 to end an exodus of citizens from the Western Bloc enclave in Communist East Germany.
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