Friday photo: Another brick in the wall
BERLIN – SEPTEMBER 20: People walk past a section of the former Berlin Wall called the East Side Gallery on September 20, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Germany will mark 20 years since the reunification of East and West Germany on October 3 following the collapse of the East German communist government one year before. Though ...
BERLIN - SEPTEMBER 20: People walk past a section of the former Berlin Wall called the East Side Gallery on September 20, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Germany will mark 20 years since the reunification of East and West Germany on October 3 following the collapse of the East German communist government one year before. Though reunited Germany has prospered since unification in 1990, fissions remain between east and west German society.
BERLIN – SEPTEMBER 20: People walk past a section of the former Berlin Wall called the East Side Gallery on September 20, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Germany will mark 20 years since the reunification of East and West Germany on October 3 following the collapse of the East German communist government one year before. Though reunited Germany has prospered since unification in 1990, fissions remain between east and west German society.
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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