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World Service,02 Jul 1999,4 mins

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

My Century

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Oliver Berlau made history on 9 November 1989 when he became one of the first East Germans to breach the Berlin Wall, following a government official's confused TV broadcast about relaxations in overseas travel.

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