Remnants of the Berlin Wall have been installed around the world, from Seoul to the Vatican and the archipelago of Tonga to Los Angeles, as paradoxical symbols of freedom 25 years after its fall. As late as January 1989, communist East Germany's leader Erich Honecker confidently declared the Wall, officially built as an "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart" 28 years earlier, would still be standing in 50 or even 100 years' time. Ten months later, it would ...Saturday 8 November 2014
Remnants of Berlin Wall Could be Global Symbol of Liberty
Remnants of the Berlin Wall have been installed around the world, from Seoul to the Vatican and the archipelago of Tonga to Los Angeles, as paradoxical symbols of freedom 25 years after its fall. As late as January 1989, communist East Germany's leader Erich Honecker confidently declared the Wall, officially built as an "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart" 28 years earlier, would still be standing in 50 or even 100 years' time. Ten months later, it would ...
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