Klaus-Michael Keussler: "We thought this could not last longer than weeks" - Archive video courtesy British Pathe Germany is marking 50 years since the building of the Berlin Wall when the communist East closed its border, dividing the city for 28 years. Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit told a ceremony on Bernauer Street: "The Wall is history but we must not forget it."
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