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The freedom bell in West Berlin tolls in sympathy for East Germans on the first anniversary

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of the wall of shame that holds them prisoners.

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It was just a year ago that authorities in communist Germany, appalled at the numbers

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who were fleeing to the West, threw up the wall.

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German boss, Olbricht, cut worshipers from their churches, separated parents from their

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children, but at the same time, he unwittingly united Germany as never before.

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On this anniversary, wreaths are placed where people died, jumping to freedom, and at checkpoints

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authorities are on the alert to prevent outbreaks among West Berliners who might seize on the

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anniversary to vent their wrath on East German guards.

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U.S. patrols check a segment of the 95-mile-long barrier.

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There are brief memorial services led by Mayor Willy Brandt in tribute to the scores who

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died seeking freedom.

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The slogan of the day among the West Berliners is marked on the cross, We Accuse.

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They march along the wall, a display of silent contempt for communist efforts to imprison

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their friends and relatives.

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At dusk, tensions erupt in a rock-throwing barrage.

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The police have their hands full and don't succeed in quieting the Westerners for some

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time.

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It's the anniversary day of the shameful war.