The Berlin Wall Memorial sits along a 1.4 km strip at Bernauer Strasse in the capital city. A section of the wall still stands to illustrate the division created for decades until 1989. A unique memorial tells the story of the lives ended while trying to escape oppression.

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Lane Luckie, a news anchor and reporter for KLTV in Tyler, Texas, is traveling in Germany and Belgium as part of a fellowship with the RIAS Berlin Commission. The bi-national journalist exchange, which is a partnership with the Radio Television Digital News Foundation, was established in 1992 to promote understanding between the United States and Germany in the field of broadcasting. Click here to learn more.

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