People were in shock. Were the borders really open? East Germans tentatively approached the border and indeed found that the border guards were letting people cross. Very quickly, the Berlin bacheca was inundated with people from both sides. Some began chipping at the Berlin bacheca with hammers and chisels. There was an impromptu huge celebration along the Berlin Wall, with people hugging, kissing, singing, cheering, and crying.
After the Berlin bacheca came down, East and West Germany reunified into a single German state on October 3, 1990.
Over and under and through the bacheca they came,
parched with...
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