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  • German synagogue vandalized as Berlin Wall's fall marked 9 Nov 2009 19:57 GMT
    ... German synagogue vandalized as Berlin Wall’s fall marked A new synagogue in ... when hundreds of synagogues across Germany and Austria were destroyed. Charlotte Knobloch, president of the ...

  • On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West 9 Nov 2009 11:35 GMT
    ... History: On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to ... the West; joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall. On this date: In 1872, fire ... Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in a pogrom that became known as ...

  • On Nov. 9, 1989, East Germany opened its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West 9 Nov 2009 12:53 GMT
    ... History: On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to ... the West; joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall. On this date: In 1872, fire ... Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in a pogrom that became known as ...

  • Traveling exhibit tells unknown story of German POWs 9 Nov 2009 10:31 GMT
    ... end of World War II some 425,000 German, Italian and Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) ... exhibits about Midwesterners’ encounters with Germans or Austrians between 1933 and 1948 forms part of ...

  • Austria seeks German help in Kampusch kidnap case 9 Nov 2009 13:32 GMT
    ... An Austrian prosecutor reviewing the kidnapping of schoolgirl Natascha ... kidnapping of schoolgirl Natascha Kampusch has asked German authorities to help gather evidence that her ... in the case had been ignored by Vienna police and prosecutors. Kampusch, now 21, has ...

  • The Berlin Wall, 20 Years Later 9 Nov 2009 15:15 GMT
    ... that surrounded it. The fall of the Berlin Wall on this day 20 years ago ... chance. ‘We did not suspect,’ the East German foreign minister wrote, ‘that the opening of ... bold stroke. They opened their border with Austria, and stopped detaining East Germans who transited ...

  • 'Germany should have learned more from the East' 9 Nov 2009 07:50 GMT
    ... Fehéri, a fellow of the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, owned a passport allowing him to travel ... Europe. As a Hungarian living in East Germany at the time, how did you see ... go to the West from Hungary via Austria created huge tension that could be felt ...

  • A look back at the Berlin Wall 9 Nov 2009 08:51 GMT
    ... A look back at the Berlin Wall MARK COLVIN: It's morning on the ... stone to block the exit of freedom-seeking Germans. NEWSREADER 1: Love conquers the all brick ... refugees, demanding it close its border with Austria. LEE DUFFIELD (19/10/89): East German television services ...

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall: The day East met West after 28 cold years 9 Nov 2009 11:33 GMT
    ... when they danced on top of the Berlin Wall, feet thudding on the cold concrete, ... informers and rigid communist control. This weekend, Germans celebrated with concerts from musicians Beethoven and ... Ingrid, received permission to travel legally to Austria for the birthday of an aunt. He ...

  • Berlin Wall timeline 9 Nov 2009 16:54 GMT
    ... World War II ends in Europe as Germany surrenders. Four "occupation zones" are formed. The ... East Germany. 1949: Soviet forces blockade West Berlin, which is surrounded by East Germany. May ... 1989: Communist Hungary opens its border with Austria, putting a hole in the so-called "Iron ...

  • World leaders line up to mark fall of Berlin Wall 9 Nov 2009 00:25 GMT
    ... BERLIN (Reuters) - World leaders past and present will join German crowds on Monday to celebrate the 20th ... the Iron Curtain via Hungary's frontier with Austria in the summer of 1989. Helmut Schmidt, ...

  • Europe's Berlin Wall celebrations 9 Nov 2009 00:55 GMT
    ... World leaders past and present join German crowds on Monday to celebrate the 20th ... 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - a stark symbol of the ... the Iron Curtain via Hungary's frontier with Austria in the summer of 1989. Helmut Schmidt, ...

  • Germany remembers symbol of Cold War 9 Nov 2009 01:10 GMT
    ... By Dave Graham Berlin - World leaders past and present will join German crowds on Monday to celebrate the 20th ... the Iron Curtain via Hungary's frontier with Austria in the summer of 1989. Helmut Schmidt, ...

  • Twenty years later, the swiftness of the Berlin Wall\'s fall - an event viewed as a defining moment of the Cold War and post-World War II Germany - is still a cause of awe for those living in Germany during or...');" 9 Nov 2009 09:20 GMT
    ... panel discussion concerning the fall of the Berlin Wall. The panel discussion, which is free ... the Cold War and post-World War II Germany — is still a cause of awe ... of the iron curtain between Hungary and Austria in 1989. The difference between Hungary and ...

  • The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall 9 Nov 2009 10:10 GMT
    ... (Reuters) - The Berlin Wall was breached 20 years ago on ... 1961. As a growing number of East Germans stream into West Berlin amid worsening conditions ... Warsaw Pact and officially opens border with Austria to East Germans, creating first chink in ...


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