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:

    “They can play a bugle call like you never heard before,
    So natural that you want to go to war.”
    —Irving Berlin (1888–1989)

    “Cooling, so cooling,
    with a wall against my feet,
    midday sleep—behold.”
    —Matsuo Basho (1644–1694)