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Chapman University Freedom Without Walls Ceremony

Nov 13, 2009 | Germany.info
Chapman University Freedom Without Walls Ceremony

Chapman University celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a day-long Freedom Without Walls celebration on Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

Maine Governor Proclaims November 9 "Freedom Without Walls" Day

Nov 11, 2009 | Germany.info
Fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, © picture-alliance/dpa

Maine Governor John E. Baldacci as issued an official proclamation declaring November 9, 2009 "Freedom Without Walls" Day in commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago on November 9th, 1989.

Concert by 12 Cellists Remembers the Peaceful Revolution

Nov 11, 2009 | Germany.info
Cellists

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.