East German child walking along the wall next to armed guard. Deutsch 3000Women enjoying the weather in the shade of the wall. NBCFriends holding hands across the Berlin Wall. Robert LackenbushWest Berliners watch construction of the Berlin Wall, Germany, August 1961. Don McCullinWest Germans defy East German guards and sit on the wall, 1989. George’s JournalNov. 10, 1989: East German border guards try to prevent a crowd climbing. How Stuff WorksProtests for the unification of Berlin and Germany, and and of the communist regime. The Imaginative ConservativeA West Berliner swings at the wall on Nov. 12, 1989. USNewsEast German demonstrators tear down a section of the wall. klarvakenLee Abbamonte