Русская версияGermany is marking the 47th anniversary of the construction of the
Berlin Wall.
Speaking at a memorial ceremony in Berlin, Parliament
President Norbert Lammert urged that the memory of Germany's
division and its victims be kept alive. Lammert and Berlin Mayor
Klaus Wowereit laid wreaths at a memorial at one of the few
sections left standing of the Wall. Communist East Germany started
building the barrier on August 13, 1961. The Berlin Wall was one of
the most notorious symbols of the Cold War and separated the city
until November 9, 1989.
(Deutsche Welle)
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