Berlin Timeline

By Annie Yi-Chieh Liao, Kourtney Geers, Yantezia Patrick

November 9, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST

Select the years above to see why the Berlin Wall was built, what it looked like and how it influenced the world.

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