The area of Berlin which fell in the Soviet plate became East Berlin and the region held by the allies became West Berlin despite it being located in the territory of Communist East Germany.
A general view shows the domino pieces near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 6, 2009. As the highlight of a 5-million euro celebration marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, a 1.5-km (one-mile) long segment of the Wall will stand for two days along its original route in front of the Brandenburg Gate to the Potsdamer Platz. The row of 1,000 20-kg dominos standing 1.5 metres apart -- painted in bright colours by school children and rising 2.5 metres high -- will be toppled at the end of a gala ceremony as a symbolic tribute to the collapse of the Wall 20 years earlier. Van Dyk, who was born in the former GDR, has composed a song for the event. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
People walk along the restored segment of East Side Gallery, the largest remaining part of the former Berlin Wall, in Berlin November 6, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) 
This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows people from East and West Germany standing on the Berlin Wall in front of the the Reichstag Building, one day after the the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows East Berliners getting helping hands from West Berliners as they climb the Berlin Wall which divided the city since the end of World War II, near the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate). Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows East Berliners getting helping hands from West Berliners as they climb the Berlin Wall which divided the city since the end of World War II, near the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate). Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
This Nov. 10, 1989 file photo shows Berliners from East and West in front of the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate), standing atop and below the Berlin Wall, which divided the city since the end of World War II. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
