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:

    “If you will play from a copy of a tune that is choppy,
    You’ll get all my applause.”
    —Irving Berlin (1888–1989)

    “What a troublesome thing a wall is! I thought it was to defend me, and not I it! Of course, if they had no wall, they would not need to have any sentinels.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)