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World marks fall of Berlin wall On Nov. 4, 1989, a half-million East Berliners, most having grown up behind a nearly 10-foot-tall wall of oppression, mounted a huge demonstration in Alexanderplatz demanding freedom. Colorful blocks decorated by children in Berlin and around the world line the former route of the Berlin Wall and will come tumbling down like dominoes during today’s Festival of Freedom marking the 20th anniversary of the wall’s demise. NewsOK Related Articles It was the capstone of many such demonstrations that had been taking place for months throughout the communist country. That was a straw in the wind to people like Christhard Lapple, then a 31-year-old reporter