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How many years did the Berlin Wall stand?

History easy Data from 1989

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Answer in years. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

28 years

Roughly 28.

The Wall stood for 28 years, from August 1961 to November 1989. It has now been gone for longer than it existed. It went up almost overnight — East Germany sealed the border with barbed wire in a single night before the concrete arrived.

Where this number comes from

Source Stiftung Berliner Mauer
Figure refers to 1989
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