In 1945 after World War II, Berlin, Germany was divided into 4 sections: the American, British and French in the west and the Soviet Union (Russia) in the east. Because the Soviet Union was a very closed communist society, they put up a wall...either to keep the west out or maybe to keep the people in East Berlin in! Anyway, it was terrible and families were separated by the wall and lots of people risked their lives to get people from East Berlin to West Berlin and freedom. In 1987 President Ronald Reagan visited Berlin and urged the Soviets to tear down the Wall....and finally in November, 1989, the Wall was torn down. Now that's a bit before any of you were born, but it was quite an exciting time to see all the people move back and forth between the two Berlins without a Wall to stop them. The picture is of a piece of that Berlin Wall now at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley California....
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