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Jon Stone
Feb 05, 2018
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Today, on Monday 5 February 2018, the Berlin Wall has now been down for as long as it was up.
Raised in 1961 and torn down by members of the public in a show of defiance in 1989, the Wall stood for 10,316 days.
It has now been 10,316 days since the Wall fell.
The anniversary was marked with a full front page picture in the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.
In an editorial, the paper said:
These days are special days and this edition of the Berlin Zeitung is also special.
People have been responding to the anniversary with their memories of the Wall, and what it represented.
@joncstone In the early 80's I lived in a flat overlooking the wall. We could see the East German guards from our w… https://t.co/k7XFaYbaJS— TonyB (@TonyB) 1517789473
@joncstone @JeromeTaylor Remember the night it came down. Working on the sports desk at The Telegraph and the first… https://t.co/3YcJ1R2nRY— Glenn Moore (@Glenn Moore) 1517786830
@GlennMoore7 @joncstone @JeromeTaylor I studied International Relations and had just started a job as a BBC journal… https://t.co/DQnRQDcOIV— Kevin Burden (@Kevin Burden) 1517799973
@joncstone @KanthanPillay A piece of the Berlin Wall in Cape Town, South Africa - given to president Nelson Mandela… https://t.co/KWdO2fq7dk— Melladt🇿🇦 (@Melladt🇿🇦) 1517810109
@joncstone While of course most life-altering for East-Germans it was also very exciting for Westerners to be able… https://t.co/swTZi0vXAb— Henning Dekant (@Henning Dekant) 1517820131
@joncstone So he wrote me a note that demanded that I would transfer the money for the ticket to the East-German ce… https://t.co/sC1QMwdgzv— Henning Dekant (@Henning Dekant) 1517820246
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