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Line 41: − − ==After the reunification== − The biggest part of wall was destroyed. On the remains of the wall is a luxury housing project planed. Many people are protesting against this plan and think that the section must be saved as a memorial.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/04/removal-berlin-wall-section-put-on-hold-for-now-following-protests/</ref> A piece of the wall is used in [[Albania]] for a memorial of political prisoners.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/26/piece-berlin-wall-used-in-albanian-memorial-for-communist-political-prisoners/</ref>
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Historians researching the files of the [[Stasi]] found that in 1961 the secret police devoted virtually all of their resources and their 50,000 staff solely to stopping people leaving the country. Anyone thought likely to flee was forcibly moved away from border areas. Other people were encouraged to spy on their friends, neighbours and colleagues and inform on them if they were considering an escape.<ref>''Scale of East German exodus revealed'' op cit</ref>
Historians researching the files of the [[Stasi]] found that in 1961 the secret police devoted virtually all of their resources and their 50,000 staff solely to stopping people leaving the country. Anyone thought likely to flee was forcibly moved away from border areas. Other people were encouraged to spy on their friends, neighbours and colleagues and inform on them if they were considering an escape.<ref>''Scale of East German exodus revealed'' op cit</ref>
==After the reunification==
The biggest part of wall was destroyed. On the remains of the wall is a luxury housing project planed. Many people are protesting against this plan and think that the section must be saved as a memorial.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/04/removal-berlin-wall-section-put-on-hold-for-now-following-protests/</ref> A piece of the wall is used in [[Albania]] for a memorial of political prisoners.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/26/piece-berlin-wall-used-in-albanian-memorial-for-communist-political-prisoners/</ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Ratnesar, Romesh. ''Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech that Ended the Cold War'' (2009) [https://www.amazon.com/Tear-Down-This-Wall-President/dp/1416556907/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259584663&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search], emphasizes Reagan's role
* Ratnesar, Romesh. ''Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech that Ended the Cold War'' (2009) [https://www.amazon.com/Tear-Down-This-Wall-President/dp/1416556907/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259584663&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search], emphasizes Reagan's role
* Taylor, Frederick. ''The Berlin Wall: A World Divided, 1961-1989'' (2008) [https://www.amazon.com/Berlin-Wall-World-Divided-1961-1989/dp/0060786140/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259584855&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Taylor, Frederick. ''The Berlin Wall: A World Divided, 1961-1989'' (2008) [https://www.amazon.com/Berlin-Wall-World-Divided-1961-1989/dp/0060786140/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259584855&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
==References==
==References==