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September 28, 1990. Festive opening of the East Side Gallery by the mayor of Friedrichshain Helios Mendiburu.

District mayor Helios Mendiburu Mühlenstraße

Immense public interest during the opening Christine MacLean, former british cultural attaché

in East Berlin and organizational manager of the

East Side Gallery

Performance on the Oberbaumbrücke Ron Williams - presenter of the opening gala

Artists and organizers received congratulations to this event from all over the world, including

a telegram from the then ruling soviet president Michail Gorbatschow.

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