The Wall Comes Down


Stratenschulte, Eckart D. Das Brandenburger Tor, p. 68. Stratenschulte, Eckart D. Das Brandenburger Tor, p. 70.
In 1987, President Reagan asked Gorbachev to take down the wall (left) and two years later his plea became a reality. The images of the German people celebrating on top of the wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate were seen around the world as a symbol of the eventual collapse of the communist system throughout eastern Europe.

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