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20 years after the Wall

Anniversaries are the times to remember where we were when something significant happened. For Germans, Nov. 9 recalls 1989, when the Berlin Wall suddenly opened a crack and swiftly crumbled. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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