The Wall It was just a year ago that authorities in Communist Germany threw up their Wall of Hate in Berlin. Today, demonstrators in Berlin march along a wall in protest against the barrier and hold memorial services for those who died trying to escape from East Germany. Freedom Bell in Berlin, is rung for the first anniversary of the installation of the Berlin Wall. Barricades, barbed wire. American Flag behind barbed wire. US army check point. US soldiers in army jeep with machine gun, pass camera as they monitor barrier. Mayor of Berlin? Memorial services. West Berlin demonstration. Nightfall brings a rock throwing barrage, police presence.