Photo taken on November 9, 2009 shows artwork on a mock-up of the Berlin Wall that was symbolically torn down at an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles. On the night of November 9, 1989, following weeks of pro-democracy protests, the Stalinist state's authorities suddenly opened the East German border. After 28 years as prisoners of their own country, euphoric East Germans streamed to checkpoints and rushed past bewildered guards, many falling tearfully into the arms of West Germans welcoming them on the other side. Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

Photo taken on November 9, 2009 shows artwork on a mock-up of the Berlin Wall that was symbolically torn down at an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles. On the night of November 9, 1989, following weeks of pro-democracy protests, the Stalinist state's authorities suddenly opened the East German border. After 28 years as prisoners of their own country, euphoric East Germans streamed to checkpoints and rushed past bewildered guards, many falling tearfully into the arms of West Germans welcoming them on the other side.

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