Over 500,000 people mark 35th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall

As of this Sunday, more than 500,000 people from around the world attended events as the German capital celebrates 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall this weekend.

As reported by the organizers of the events scheduled this Sunday to celebrate the fall of the wall that marked the Cold War and the history of Germany, from the first day of the festivities, which began on Thursday, November 8, “thousands Berliners have seen images displayed four kilometers along the destroyed artificial border.

The “highlight” of the commemoration was a simultaneous concert performed by 700 musicians in the capital on Saturday, featuring rock and roll classics such as ‘People Have the Power’ or ‘Rocking in the Free World’ by Patti Smith. Was called to play. by Neil Young, according to those responsible for the festival events.

Berlin’s mayor-governor, Kai Wegener, referred to those performances as “a great concert” in a metropolis that wants to become a “city of freedom.”

Celebrations on November 9, the day the wall came down in 1989 after 28 years of separation from the city, will end this Sunday at 7:00 pm GMT with another concert by Russian punk band Pussy Riot, which celebrates Vladimir’s anti-Semitism nature. Known for: Putin’s regime.

Germany, in addition to celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall every November 9, also commemorates, in parallel and against the background of current affairs, the “Night of Broken Glass”, in which Nazi storm troopers and German civilians stormed synagogues. Jewish and German occupation along with Hebrew culture.

Nearly a hundred people were killed and more than a thousand synagogues were burned in that German massacre.

This weekend, 86 years of the “Night of Broken Glass” were celebrated among events marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Wall.