Germany: Walking the Wall by Stefan Boness (32 images)

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Twenty years on, little is left of the Berlin Wall. Most of the structure was dismantled in the immediate aftermath of its opening in November 1989. Those parts that remained became a magnet for souvenir hunters, and chunks of its concrete are now on display in dozens of diverse locations around the world.

The wall's symbolic power has not diminished. Its usefulness as visual shorthand for the geopolitical struggles of the 20th century is such that fragments can be found in the...
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