Chris Hadfield Shows Effects of Germany's East-West Division in Space Photo

A photo that Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield took from space last year gained traction again on Sunday, the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

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The image, which Hadfield originally tweeted on April 17, 2013, shows the stark divisions that still remain between East Berlin and West Berlin more than two decades after the wall was torn down on Nov. 9, 1989. Built in 1961 by East Germany (also known as the Germany Democratic Republic) to prevent its residents from escaping, the wall cut off the communist East from the democratic West during the Cold War Read more...

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