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Fall of the Berlin Wall

30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany recalls the economic gulf between East and West

by Stephen Beard

Nov 4, 2019

In 1989, Germany was divided by much more than a concrete wall: West and East were separated by stark economic differences.

West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall early Nov. 11, 1989, as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section of the wall between East and West Berlin.

Gerard Malie/AFP via Getty Images

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