8 Facts About Berlin Wall

1. On 9 November 2009, Berlin Wall celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall with a "Festival of Freedom" with dignitaries from around the world in attendance for an evening celebration around the Brandenburg Gate.

2. On 19 July 1988, 16 months before the Berlin Wall came down, Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, played Rocking the Wall, a live concert in East Berlin, which was attended by 300,000 in person and broadcast delayed on television.

3. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and separated East and West Berlin.

4. While the Berlin Wall officially remained guarded at a decreasing intensity, new border crossings continued for some time, including the Brandenburg Gate on 22 December 1989.

5. When the Berlin Wall was erected, Berlin's complex public transit networks, the S-Bahn and U-Bahn, were divided with it.

6. Through the years, the Berlin Wall evolved through four versions:.

7. But, the Berlin Wall proved a public relations disaster for the communist bloc as a whole.

8. Creation of the Berlin Wall had important implications for both German states.