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FILE: THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
11-02-2017
--SUPERS-- FILE Berlin, Germany November 9, 1989 --VIDEO SHOWS-- - people sitting on the Berlin wall hitting it with small hammers - people celebrating the fall of the wall with pieces of the wall in their hands - small sparklers and champagne being drank and sprayed - hammers taken to the wall - people singing on the wall in celebration --VO SCRIPT-- ON NOVEMBER 9, 1989, EAST GERMANY LIFTED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO THE WEST. JUBILANT CROWDS TORE DOWN THE BERLIN WALL, PIECE BY PIECE. A SYMBOL OF STRIFE FOR SO MANY. POLITBURO MEMBER GUENTER SCHABOWSKI ANNOUNCED THAT EAST GERMAN CITIZENS COULD QUOTE: "LEAVE THE COUNTRY THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER CROSSING POINTS," EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THAT ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE AFTER THE EAST GERMAN CABINET RESIGNED. ALMOST HALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE POLITBURO WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NEXT DAY. THIS MARKING THE END OF A SYMBOL OF PAIN FOR SO MANY WHICH ALL STARTED DECADES BEFORE IN FEBRUARY OF 1945 WHEN IN THE WANING DAYS OF WORLD WAR II, THE ALLIES" YALTA CONFERENCE DIVIDED GERMANY INTO FOUR ZONES OF OCCUPATION: GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES OCCUPY THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS, AND THE SOVIET UNION OCCUPIES THE EASTERN SIDE. BERLIN, LOCATED IN SOVIET TERRITORY, WAS ALSO DIVIDED INTO ZONES. -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- BERLIN GERMANY EUROPE SOVIET UNION WAR CONFLICT
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November 9th will mark the 28th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
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