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Concert by 12 Cellists Remembers the Peaceful Revolution

Nov 11, 2009 | Germany.info
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A remarkable concert by the renowned 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic was organized jointly by the German Embassy and The Music Center at Strathmore to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

"We were there" - When the Wall Came down at the Böse Bridge in Berlin

Nov 10, 2009 | REGIERUNGonline
Hans-Martin Fleischer © REGIERUNGonline / Bergmann

It was the border crossing point at Bornholmer Straße where East German border guards, overwhelmed by the crowd of East Berliners hoping to enter West Berlin, stopped checking passports and effectively opened the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. 

Merkel, Gorbachev Retrace Steps of First East Berliners to Cross Wall

Nov 10, 2009 | REGIERUNGonline
Angela Merkel, Joachim Gauck and Wolf Biermann © REGIERUNGonline / Kugler

As Berlin celebrated the twentieth anniverary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, Chancellor Angela Merkel walked across the bridge where it all began on November 9, 2009 with Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Walesa and East German civil rights activists.

Germany Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Fall of the Wall

Nov 9, 2009 | Germany.info
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Germany marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in with an all-day celebration in Berlin that included foreign dignitaries, key players from the peaceful revolutions that swept Europe in 1989 and a spectacle involving over 1,000 foam dominoes.

Tokio Hotel Wins MTV EMA Best Band

Nov 6, 2009 | Young Germany
Bill Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel performs during Coca Cola Live Summer Song in Piazza Del Popolo in Rome, Italy on September 27, 2009. (c) picture alliance / abaca

Tokio Hotel was crowned Best Band for the third successive year at the MTV Europe Music Awards, held on November 5 in Berlin. The band from Magdeburg played their hit "The World Behind My Wall" at the awards show, finishing the song to accompanying fireworks.

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