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The end of this East–West division eventually began on 9 November 1989 (Fig. 3.1). It was a multi-dimensional phenomena for Berlin. In the global scale, it symbolised the end of the Cold War. In national scale, it marked the beginning of a new, re-unified, German country; whereas, in a local scale, it is a reunification of a city defaced by war, bifurcated between two extremes that lasted for the life span of almost two generations. For Berliners, it simply meant a life-changing moment.
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Nowobilska, M., Zaman, Q.M. (2014). Stage 3: 1989–2000 (Awakening). In: Potsdamer Platz. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02928-3_3
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