Germany still split years later
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East and West Germans stand atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Nov. 10, 1989, the day after the wall opened.
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In the past 20 years, Germans have built up around the lasting scars left by the Berlin Wall.
Potsdamer Platz was once a wasteland and a desolate part of the border. Now movie theaters, shopping centers and restaurants stand where the wall once stood, and the complex is buzzing with energy.
About a half-mile away, a Starbucks and the new American Embassy stand on Pariser Platz next to the iconic Brandenburg Gate.
The once ideal socialist square Alexander Platz now hosts a huge indoor mall, along with other shopping and entertainment. The iconic Fernsehturm, or TV Tower, still marks the area where communist buildings stand side by side with KFC and McDonald ...
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chuck62 says...
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