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Photos: Germans commemorate Berlin Wall's 51st anniversary

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BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 13: Visitors stop to look at a still-standing portion of the former Berlin Wall at the Bernauer Strasse memorial on the 51st anniversary of the construction of the Wall on August 13, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. German researchers recently launched a project to identify the people killed along the border between East and West Germany during the Cold War. Some researchers estimate between 500 and 700 people died between 1949 and 1989, mostly East Germans attempting to flee west and killed by East German security border guards, though no official number exists yet. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)