Berlin - 25 Years Fall of the Berlin Wall

[blackopspaul 753]

hi,

2014 is a historic year for Berlin. It marks the 25th anniversary of the most significant event in recent German history: The Fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989. The Wall, which was established by East Germany in 1961 and was roughly 96 miles long, split the already-divided country’s capital into West Berlin and East Berlin. After weeks of civil protests, the government of Eastern Germany opened up the partition on Nov. 9, 1989, allowing residents to travel to the west sideibitions and events will take place. But its actual demolition didn't truly begin until the following year, just a few months before Germany would officially reunite.

 

The Berlin Wall was a barrier that existed between 1961 and 1990, constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East 

Edited November 9, 2014 by blackopspaul

[Shaloo7 1,216]

Hmmm.

Saw it on Google today, thanks for the information :) Didn't knew before.

 

Berlin map :lol:

 

Edited November 9, 2014 by Shaloo7

[Warhammer_TO 181]

The devs should modify Berlin Map to celebrate the wall ;)

Edited November 9, 2014 by Warhammer_TO

[ThouShallNot 963]

devs should ùt 3k golds on berlin map to celebrate :)

[FaaiqBilal1 795]

An important mark in German history, thanks for sharing it with us. 

[robbiealdo 373]

Interesting for the German forum. We don't give a crap.

[canadarules 1,938]

hmm what if i told you that you only know this due to google having it on their home page

[blackopspaul 753]

hmm what if i told you that you only know this due to google having it on their home page

Yes, I already knew about it but I was unsure of the date until yesterday when I saw it on Google homepage. 

[Eragon 13,876]

So did they destroy the wall? I ain't too good in history  :ph34r:

[jazz20 1,181]

So did they destroy the wall? I ain't too good in history  :ph34r:

most of it, but some still stands in Berlin as a memorial. Of course, there are also those random segments in private collections and museums.

Interestingly, the wall material was used to make the streets drivers drive on in Berlin XD.

Edited November 9, 2014 by jazz20

[blackopspaul 753]

So did they destroy the wall? I ain't too good in history  :ph34r:

Yes the destroyed a load of it but kept a few pieces of the wall in main city's In Germany and some other country's conquered by Germany back in World war II.   

Edited November 9, 2014 by blackopspaul

[jazz20 1,181]

theres some in apparently mexico and some in Las Vegas or some where here in the US   :blink:  I think theres also some in Minneapolis ( USA)

yeah quite a few slabs were saved after the fall of the wall and auctioned off to collectors, museums, organizations, etc. If you go on the internet, you can find some for sale. I believe there is one shop on EBAY that has quite a few slabs for sale, including some trademark pieces. Of course, they are all really expensive, going for the $10,000s.

[Meliora 1,652]

yeah quite a few slabs were saved after the fall of the wall and auctioned off to collectors, museums, organizations, etc. If you go on the internet, you can find some for sale. I believe there is one shop on EBAY that has quite a few slabs for sale, including some trademark pieces. Of course, they are all really expensive, going for the $10,000s.

Hmm, unsure that they are actually blocks from the wall...

[blackopspaul 753]

Hmm, unsure that they are actually blocks from the wall...

They are not, the look extremely similar but they are just hoaxes to trick others to buy.

[jazz20 1,181]

They are not, the look extremely similar but they are just hoaxes to trick others to buy.

 

Hmm, unsure that they are actually blocks from the wall...

check these websites out. I guess the ebay sight sold em all or left ebay.

 

http://www.veloform.com/en/news/last-berlin-wall-segments-sale

[jazz20 1,181]

this sight has locations of most of the original surviving segments.  

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Berlin_Wall_segments

[blackopspaul 753]

check these websites out. I guess the ebay sight sold em all or left ebay.

 

http://www.veloform.com/en/news/last-berlin-wall-segments-sale

That's strange, why sell a huge part of German history?

[Meliora 1,652]

That's strange, why sell a huge part of German history?

That's strange, why would anyone want to get any money?

[blackopspaul 753]

That's strange, why would anyone want to get any money?

I know its all about the money, But in the fist place why would the National German Museum put em on sale in the first place?

[Tex_Ranger_BMF 5]

money makes the world go round love greases the wheel. it was years ago and there is no point of talking about it when we have a game to play for fun so why not.   Thanks.

[falcosenna1 8,320]

Outdated. It's more than 1 month ago now. 

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