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:

    “There’s no people like show people.”
    —Irving Berlin (1888–1989)

    “I discovered
    the colors in the wall that woke
    when spray from the hose
    played on its pocks and warts....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)