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Berlin Wall: a backdrop for the politics of moral outrage

Berlin Wall: a backdrop for the politics of moral outrage

by aseifert | Nov 6, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics

By Dr Michael Rowe The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989. The event, which has come to symbolise the end of the Cold War, came about when an East German government spokesman miscalculated, and erroneously announced the previously sealed border open. Crowds of...

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