The lesson for cynics: things that seem permanent can collapse with stunning speed. The Cold War lasted 45 agonizing years.

The installation still bears its original graffiti and once formed part of the wall in north Berlin.

The Berlin Wall, one of the most powerful symbols of the Cold War was destroyed on November 9th, 1989 the Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War as *** way to separate the Soviet controlled ...