Spree - Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall

Further information: Deaths at the Berlin Wall

Many people died in the Spree while trying to cross the Berlin Wall, including children who drowned with rescuers not allowed to enter to river to save them.

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Famous quotes containing the words berlin and/or wall:

    “Let’s face the music and dance.”
    —Irving Berlin (1888–1989)

    “It is hard going to the door
    cut so small in the wall where
    the vision which echoes loneliness
    brings a scent of wild flowers in the wood.”
    —Robert Creeley (b. 1926)