The Berlin Wall has now been down for as long as it was up: 10316 days

Today, on Monday 5 February 2018, the Berlin Wall has now been down for as long as it was up.

Raised in 1961 and torn down by members of the public in a show of defiance in 1989, the Wall stood for 10,316 days.

It has now been 10,316 days since the Wall fell.

The anniversary was marked with a full front page picture in the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.

In an editorial, the paper said:

These days are special days and this edition of the Berlin Zeitung is also special.

People have been responding to the anniversary with their memories of the Wall, and what it represented.

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