Gerard Malie - THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

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Gerard Malie - THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

      1989,11,9 marked the day when the Berlin wall was finally torn down, after 29 years of waiting.

      The day 1961,6,15 witnessed the initial of construction of the Berlin wall. The story took us back to 1940's, when the World War Two was about to end. Members of "the Western" and the Soviet Union decided to break Germany into five pieces, in order to eliminate the control of its previous regime. But the relationship between them and the Soviet Union went worse. The Soviet Union helped establish a communist government in what is now termed as the east Germany, which irritated countries such as the US.

      However, very different from most of us thought, the wall wasn't truly constructed until 1961. The tempt was to divide the west Berlin from the west Germany, also to prevent the incredibly large amount of immigration from the east to the west. Many families were separated for the following 29 years, not able to see the beloved ones.

      It was in the 1980's, when the rule of the Soviet Union was weakening, did the German have the chance to reunite.

      People crowded to the wall to witness the historic moment, and to help break down the barrier that has shattered their families, friends, as well as lovers.

      People went hand in hand to celebrate this very moment, in front of the symbolic architecture, the Brandenburger Tor (布蘭登堡門), which was previously under the control of the east Germany.

      On 11/9, just this week, Google launched a doodle for this memorable day. If you haven't seen the beautifully done video, check this out.

      Next week, I will continue to look further in this topic, and also the location where the walls' pieces currently are. So stay tuned!!

For more information, go to:

http://ivetaratarova.com/2014/03/15/the-power-of-a-single-image-a-journey-through-the-gold-war-via-five-images1/
http://www.nationaljournal.com/pictures-video/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-25-years-later-in-photos-20141107
http://www.coutausse.com/#/photojournalism/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-1989/berlin19
http://hjsmediaspace.wordpress.com/tag/the-berlin-wall/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/09/berlin-wall-anniversary-photos_n_6094308.html
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jonpremosch/mr-gorbachev-tear-down-this-wall

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