(FILE PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Berlin in the 1960s (BOTTOM) and Berlin now in 2014. ***TOP IMAGE*** BERLIN, GERMANY – APRIL 1: In the colour photo above traffic, cyclists and a horse-drawn carriage carrying tourists make their way across the intersection of Friedrichstrasse and Zimmerstrasse at former Checkpoint Charlie on April 1, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. In the black and white photo Soviet tanks (behind) and U.S. tanks confront one another at the same location on October 26, 1961. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) The city of Berlin will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall this year. The Wall, built by the communist authorities of East Berlin, divided the city between 1961 and 1989 and became the iconic symbol on the Cold War. East Germany was under communist and Soviet control from its founding as the German Democratic Republic (DDR) in 1949 and ceased to exist following German reunification in 1990. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) ***BOTTOM IMAGE*** GERMANY – OCTOBER 26: On October 26, 1961, at the East-West border of Berlin in the Friedrichstrasse section, Russian and American tanks have positioned themselves face to face to show their strength. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
