In 1989, walls were for tearing down. Marking thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, today gettyarchive documents the historic event through the lens of photojournalist tomstoddphotos. A barrier that embodied the ideological divide between the eastern bloc and democracies of the west, its destruction brought an official end to the Cold War and the reunification of Germany. On the morning of November 10, 1989, an East German border guard offers a flower through a gap in the Berlin Wall, hours after it had been declared open. Following a night of tearful reunions and the celebrations of a century, the people of the city began dismantling the structure which had stood between them for 28 years. 📷: Tom Stoddart/Getty Images | #tomstoddart #berlinwall #falloftheberlinwall #tomstoddart #masterofphotography #photojournalism #reportage #ussr #gdr #germanhistory #europeanhistory #thecoldwar #sovietstate #socialhistory #politicalhistory #warhistory #1989 #theeighties #onthisdayinhist...