Germany marks 1989 Berlin Wall Fall with open-air installation

People in Berlin visit an open-air installation stretching for four kilometers along the former route of the Berlin Wall to mark 35 years since the Wall fell. The installation includes replicas of placards from the 1989 demonstrations as well as other recently created designs on the topic of 'freedom'.

November 9, 1989, is celebrated as the day East Germany opened the borders to the West after months of peaceful mass protests, paving the way for German reunification and the collapse of Soviet Communism. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attended in Saturday's event at the Berlin Wall Memorial.