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It stood for 28 years, painfully dividing East and West Germany. But the Berlin Wall finally came down on November 9, 1989.

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The heavily fortified border —the Berlin Wall— plugged the last gap between East and West. On Nov. 9, 1989, the border was opened, and the Berlin Wall ceremoniously came down as the world watched.

Danson continued, “Somebody came running in and said, ‘Oh, Woody’s in Berlin. The wall is coming down and he couldn’t miss it. He said he’ll be back soon.'” ...

When the wall came down there was a feeling of liberation. But now the barriers are being rebuilt – edifices of fear, both real and imaginary, are being constructed everywhere.

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War to separate the Soviet-controlled East and the Democratic West. The wall, made of concrete and barbed wire, stood for 28 years.

Before the wall came down in 1989, graffiti artists painted a butterfly — a symbol of freedom — on the fragment now standing more than 9 feet high at the Simi Valley site.

More than three decades ago, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall which divided Germany literally and ideologically came tumbling down, just days after one million people gathered in East Berlin ...