25 years later, remembering the moment when the Berlin Wall fell to unity

25 years later, remembering the moment when the Berlin Wall fell to unity

FP Staff November 10, 2014, 14:27:32 IST

Thousands of illuminated balloons sailed into the night sky Sunday from the former route of the Berlin Wall, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel said its fall 25 years ago proved that “dreams can come true”.

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25 years later, remembering the moment when the Berlin Wall fell to unity
West Germans applaud as East Berlin citizens travel through Checkpoint Charlie, at the Berlin Wall, at the border of West Berlin, West Germany  10 Nov 1989.  When the border restrictions were eliminated, thousands of Easter Berliners travelled to the West. -REUTERS/David Brauchli - RTR1G33L
Russian cellist and composer Mstislav Rostropovich is filmed by media as he plays Bach next to the Berlin wall at Checkpoint Charlie, in this November 12, 1989 file photo. Rostropovich, who became an international symbol of the fight for artistic freedom under Soviet rule, died on Friday at the age of 80 a spokeswoman for Russia's state culture agency said. Russian news agencies quoted a source close to the musician as saying that Rostropovich had died in a Moscow hospital after a long illness.  REUTERS/ullstein - Succo      (GERMANY)    B/W ONLY   BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - RTR1P3C6
East German soldiers cordon off the border line in front of West Berliners waiting to welcome East Berlin citizen before crossing the border at the Allied checkpoint Charlie near the Berlin Wall after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989.   REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY ANNIVERSARY POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTR25N8A
East and West German citizens celebrate as they climb the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg gate after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989.   REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY ANNIVERSARY POLITICS) - RTR25N8N
West Berlin citizens welcome East Germans who passed the border checkpoint Invalidenstrasse after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989.   REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY) - RTR25OWA
An East Berlin citizen (C) embraces a West Berlin woman while an East German border soldier watches on at the border checkpoint Invalidenstrasse after the opening of the East German border was announced in Berlin, November 9, 1989.   REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY ANNIVERSARY POLITICS) - RTR25OWE
The first section of the Berlin Wall to be dismantled by East Germany is lifted by a crane near the Brandenburg Gate in East Berlin, December 22, 1989.   REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY) - RTR25OWQ
People hold a German flag with the word reading 'Unity' as they cross the newly opened checkpoint between East and West Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate, December 22, 1989.   REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY ANNIVERSARY POLITICS) - RTR25OX0
FILE PHOTO 10NOV89 - East German citizens help each other climb the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg gate after the opening of East German borders in this early November 10, 1989 file photo. The tenth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall occurs November 9, 1999. FAB/CLH/ - RTRRZ8S
FILE PHOTO 10NOV89 - East German citizens climb the Berlin wall at the Brandenburg Gate as they celebrate the opening of the East German border in this November 10, 1989 file photo. The 10th anniversary off the
FILE PHOTO 10NOV89 - West Berlin citizens welcome East Germans who passed the border checkpoint Invaliden Strasse with an East German Trabant car after the opening of the East German border was announced in this November 10, 1989 file photo. The 10th anniversary off the
FILE PHOTO 11NOV89 - A young West German girl smiles at her father as she points to a large hole in the Berlin Wall in this November 11, 1989 file photo. The 10th anniversary off the
FILE PHOTO 11NOV89 - Hundreds of East Berlin border guards stand atop the Berlin Wall at the Brandeburg Gate faced by thousands of West Berliners in this November 11, 1989 file photo. The 10th anniversary off the
FILE PHOTO 12NOV89 - An East German bulldozer and crane knock down the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz to make way for a new border crossing in the dvided city in this November 12, 1989 file photo. The 10th anniversary off the
FILE PHOTO 8FEB1990 - An East German border soldier looks through a large hole into the Berlin Wall after the opening of the East German border was announced in this February 8, 1990 file photo. The 10th anniversary off the
FILE PHOTO 19NOV89 - A young West German girl hammer the Berlin Wall in this November 19, 1989 file photo. The 10th anniversary off the
East German workers remove concrete parts of the Berlin Wall and load them onto trucks at the recently opened border crossing point at Potsdam Platz November 14, 1989.  Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay   BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - RTX5YI3
FILE PHOTO 10NOV89 - An East Berlin border guard hands a flower back to West Berlin citizens who are sitting atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Other West Berlin citizens mingle with border guards on the East Berlin side. November 9 marks the fifth anniversaryof the wall coming down - RTXF71Y
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