Today in history a the Berlin Wall started to be torn down after calls from world leaders, including a Republican president, and yet today we face the specter of new walls based on calls from our Republican President-elect…

“The fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall) began the evening of 9 November 1989 and continued over the following days and weeks”
Berlin Wall – Wikipedia

The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.[1] Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), starting on 13 August 1961, the Wall completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until g…

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