Berlin Wall Relic Faces Threat of Extinction

As the 25th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall approaches, a rare remnant of the Wall, which lies at the end of an overgrown path next to the Spree River, is under threat. Berliners ripped down the despised Wall as fast as they could in the giddy months after November 9, 1989, when the border between East and West was finally thrown open. A quarter-century on, there is a growing sense in Germany that the last concrete testaments to the city's Cold ...