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Fireworks erupt over the Brandenburg Gate during celebrations on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2019. Getty Images
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A picture taken in June 1968 of the famous Checkpoint Charlie crossing point, marking the border between East and West Berlin. AFP
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West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German leader Erich Honecker during visit to Bonn..Getty Images
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Young East Berliners celebrating atop the Berlin Wall on November 11, 1989. AFP
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Two West German policemen prevent people from approaching as East German Vopos stand on a fallen portion of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. AFP
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People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. AFP
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Citizens from both East Germany and West Germany gather for the opening of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. AFP
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Workers removing the head of a statue representing late Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin during its demolition on the Leninplatz in Berlin in November 1991. AFP
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Russian soldiers march in the streets of Berlin for the last time during their farewell parade 11 June 1994. AFP
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A forklift moves 40,000 Euro coins in Frankfurt Germany switched its currency from the Deutsche Mark to the Euro in January 2002. Getty Images
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People attempt to look over a still-existing section of the Berlin Wall on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, in 2009. Getty Images
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Celebrations in Berlin to mark the 25th anniversary of German reunification. Getty Images
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A man stops to look at city limits signs that form a walkway in the city center as part of celebrations to mark German Unity Day in 2018 in Berlin. Getty Images
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Fireworks erupt over the Brandenburg Gate during celebrations on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2019. Getty Images
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A picture taken in June 1968 of the famous Checkpoint Charlie crossing point, marking the border between East and West Berlin. AFP
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West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German leader Erich Honecker during visit to Bonn..Getty Images
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Young East Berliners celebrating atop the Berlin Wall on November 11, 1989. AFP
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Two West German policemen prevent people from approaching as East German Vopos stand on a fallen portion of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. AFP
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People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. AFP
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Citizens from both East Germany and West Germany gather for the opening of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. AFP
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Workers removing the head of a statue representing late Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin during its demolition on the Leninplatz in Berlin in November 1991. AFP
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Russian soldiers march in the streets of Berlin for the last time during their farewell parade 11 June 1994. AFP
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Gerhard Schroeder won the general election in 1998. Getty Images
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A forklift moves 40,000 Euro coins in Frankfurt Germany switched its currency from the Deutsche Mark to the Euro in January 2002. Getty Images
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Angela Merkel became Chancellor in 2005. Getty Images
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People attempt to look over a still-existing section of the Berlin Wall on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, in 2009. Getty Images
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Celebrations in Berlin to mark the 25th anniversary of German reunification. Getty Images
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A man stops to look at city limits signs that form a walkway in the city center as part of celebrations to mark German Unity Day in 2018 in Berlin. Getty Images
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Fireworks erupt over the Brandenburg Gate during celebrations on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2019. Getty Images
German Unity Day: Celebrations 30 years after reunification
On October 3 1990 East and West Germany formally merged after 45 years apart
Callum Paton
02 October, 2020
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