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Berlin Twitter Wall Commemorates 20th Anniversary of the Fall

by Caleb Johnson on October 22, 2009 at 07:01 PM

Although the Berlin Wall came tumbling down nearly 20 years ago, the memories are still as real as the concrete that formed the dividing line between East and West Germany. To honor the memories of the wall's fall, and to offer hope for a future without walls, a new Web site, which launched Tuesday, allows people to tweet messages onto a virtual version of the Berlin Wall.

According to MSNBC, if Twitter users write a message with the hashtag "#FOTW," their tweet will be posted on a scrolling live version of the wall's famed East Side Gallery at The Berlin Twitter Wall site. There's also a Twitter account you can follow in order to learn more about the history of the wall. This site is only part of a massive celebration, which will include the toppling of an 8-foot-tall styrofoam wall in Berlin on November 9th -- the actual anniversary of the wall's destruction. There are photos of the "Domino Wall," as it's called, on the site, too.

It's great to see people putting Twitter to good use, instead of just using it to communicate with dead celebrities and follow boring sports. [From: MSNBC, via Textually]

Tags: berlin wall, BerlinWall, history, microblogging, top, twitter, web

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