Photo Gallery: Fall of the Berlin Wall

Fall of the Berlin Wall, November, 1989
West Germans at the wall. East German border guards on top of the wall, before the fall.
West Germans at the wall. East German border guards on top of the wall, before the fall.
West Germans attack the wall. East German border guards on the other side.
West Germans hitting the wall before it was decided to bring it down.
West Germans hitting the wall before it was decided to bring it down.
West German and East German border guards try to control the situation before the fall of the wall.
Immediately after the official tearing down of the first slabs of the wall.
East Germans waiting to cross the border between East and West Germany.
West German border control processing East Germans on the first day of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
East Germans celebrate with champagne as they cross the border to West Germany.
West German soup kitchen for East Germans who have come across the border.
West German children hit the wall after the official opening of the border.
East German border guard seen through a hole in the wall made by West Germans before the official opening of wall.

Alexandra Avakian, Photographer & Author