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Wed 11 Nov 2009Berlin Wall celebrations mask reason it was built
The wall defused a dispute that could have resulted in nuclear conflict in the heart of Europe, writes VINCENT BROWNE
THE CELEBRATIONS in commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago have masked the events which propelled the construction of the wall and the reasons for the divisions of Germany and of Europe after the second World War.
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