The Berlin Wall Fell And Thousands Left This East German City. Now Some Are Returning
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The Berlin Wall Fell And Thousands Left This East German City. Now Some Are Returning

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The Berlin Wall Fell And Thousands Left This East German City. Now Some Are Returning Enlarge this image toggle caption Rob Schmitz/NPR Rob Schmitz/NPR When he was 22, Octavian Ursu watched the Berlin Wall fall on television from his hometown of Bucharest, Romania. Enlarge this image toggle caption Rob Schmitz/NPR Rob Schmitz/NPR "Thousands of people lost their jobs here," says Goerlitz resident Andrea Friederike Behr. Enlarge this image toggle caption Rob Schmitz/NPR Rob Schmitz/NPR "It's not so bad here," he says. Enlarge this image toggle caption Rob Schmitz/NPR Rob Schmitz/NPR When asked when he plans to do all this, "Yesterday," he responds.

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Tens of thousands celebrate fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago with concerts and art installations
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Tens of thousands celebrate fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago with concerts and art installations

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The fall of the Berlin Wall: The moment that reshaped Europe

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After Covid-19, Berlin faces its challenging history
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After Covid-19, Berlin faces its challenging history

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On the east side of Berlin, a few blocks from the Ostbahnhof, there’s an enormous artwork that recalls the most extraordinary year in the history of this wonderful, awful city. In November 1989 the Berlin Wall came down, but Germany wasn’t reunified until October 1990, so for 11 months Berliners lived in limbo. Since that first visit to Berlin, I’ve …

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