Berlin During The Cold War: Then And Now

(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 3: In the colour photo above tourists and tourist buses pass by the Brandenburg Gate on April 3, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. In the black and white photo a sign reads: "Attention! You are NOW leaving West Berlin!" across from the Berlin Wall at the same location on August 1, 1962. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive 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*** A sign outside the Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin Wall reading 'Attention! You are now leaving West Berlin'. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)