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The ordinary recall the extraordinary

By Chris Bryant and Bertrand Benoit

Published: November 9 2009 18:31 | Last updated: November 9 2009 18:31

A visitor photographs the dominoes that was toppled to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall
A visitor photographs the ‘wall’ of dominoes that was toppled to mark the occasion

As fireworks erupted above the Brandenburg Gate on Monday night tens of thousands of Berliners and visitors recalled the moment 20 years ago when a wall was breached and a people set free.

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