Berlin remembers fall of the Wall
Celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall are reaching their climax.
Leaders from around the world have gathered at the Brandenburg Gate for a commemorative concert.
Earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel walked across a bridge that was the first crossing opened between East and West on 9 November 1989.
The wall’s fall led to the collapse of Communist power, German reunification and the Cold War’s end.
Communist East Germany erected the 155-km (96-mile) concrete barrier in 1961 to encircle West Berlin and prevent citizens from fleeing into the capitalist enclave.
13 August 1961: East Germany erects the Berlin Wall
August-September 1989: Tens of thousands of East Germans seek asylum abroad as communist control over Eastern Europe relaxes
7 October: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev indirectly calls for reform on a visit to East Berlin
18 October 1989: Egon Krenz replaces Erich Honecker as East Germany’s leader after anti-government protests
4 November: Mass protests by East Germans against the government culminate in a million-strong rally in Berlin
9 November: The Wall is breached after the East German government moves to lift restrictions on travel across the border to West Germany
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