【特集】ベルリンの壁崩壊、AFPが捉えた歴史的瞬間

East and West German Police contain the crowd of East Berliners flowing through the recent opening made in the Berlin wall at Potsdamer Square, on November 12, 1989. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

East Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall on November 12, 1989 at the Potsdamer Square. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

A berliner holds up a hammer and a chisel early on November 15, 1989 in front of the wall at the Brandebourg Gate partly visible behind it as a crowd of people demonstrated for the destruction of the wall for a passage way between the East and the West near the monument.(c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

Berliners confront with East German policemen atop the Berlin Wall early 11 November 1989, near the Potsdamer Square. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

Berliners confront with East German policemen atop the Berlin Wall early 11 November 1989, near the Potsdamer Square. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

Two East Berliners embrace at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 21, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG/DANIEL JANIN

Young West Berliners are perched on top of the Berlin Wall, on November 16, 1989 in Berlin. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

East Berlin residents queue to cross Invalidenstrasse checkpoint, on November 10, 1989 as German policemen watch the incessant flow of people going to take a look at the West, often for the first time. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

General view of the Berlin Wall near the Reichstag building, on November 10, 1989. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

East German cars, in particular a Trabant (R), also known as the Trabi, or as the "cardboard-box-on-wheels", the car which symbolised communist East Germany, wait at Unter den Linden avenue in East Berlin the opening of the crossing point under the Brandenburg Gate (background) into West Berlin after the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 09, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

East Berlin residents queue to cross Invalidenstrasse checkpoint, on November 10, 1989 as German policemen watch the incessant flow of people going to take a look at the West, often for the first time. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

A couple crosses the Invalidenstrasse checkpoint by bicycle, on November 10, 1989, to take a look at West Berlin, as German policemen watch the incessant flow of people going to West Berlin. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

East Berlin residents in Trabant (also known as the Trabi, or as the "cardboard-box-on-wheels", the car which symbolised communist East Germany) queue to cross Invalidenstrasse checkpoint, on November 10, 1989 to take a look at the West, often for the first time. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

Thousands of East Berliners queue along the Berlin Wall before crossing a section already destroyed overnight between East Berlin and the no-man's land, at Eberswalderstrasse, on November 11, 1989 in order to enjoy sightseeing and shopping at West. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German border guard lights the cigarette of another, on November 11, 1989 at a crossing point at Eberswalderstrasse in the no-man's land that separates East from West Berlin. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German border guard stamps the passport of an exiled East German woman, on November 11, 1989 at a crossing point at Eberswalderstrasse in the no-man's land that separates East from West Berlin. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

East German border guards stand guard as other demolish a section of the Berlin Wall, between East berlin and the no-man's-land, to open a new crossing point at Eberswalder strasse, on November 11, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

East German border guards continue to work as they demolish a section of the Berlin Wall, between East berlin and the no-man's-land, to open a new crossing point at Eberswalder strasse, on November 11, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

East Berliners stand on top of the Berlin Wall, on November 11, 1989, at a section of the Berlin Wall, between East berlin and the no-man's-land, destroyed overnight by East German border guards, to open a new crossing point at Eberswalder strasse. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall early 11 November 1989 as they watch people trying to demolish a section of the wall in order to open a new crossing point between East and West Berlin, near the Potsdamer Square. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

Thousands of young East Berliners crowd atop the Berlin Wall, near the Brandenburg Gate (background) 11 November 1989. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

Berliners confront with East German policemen atop the Berlin Wall early 11 November 1989, near the Potsdamer Square. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

East German border guards demolishing a section of the Berlin wall in order to open a new crossing point between East and West Berlin, relax on November 11, 1989 at the border line near the Potsdamer Square.(c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

East German policemen atop the Berlin Wall spray demonstrating Berliners with water next to the wall early 11 November 1989, near the Potsdamer Square. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall early 11 November 1989 as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section of the wall in order to open a new crossing point between East and West Berlin, near the Potsdamer Square. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

A West Berliner prepares to hand over a FRG flag to East German Vopos through a portion of the fallen Berlin Wall near the Brandenbourg Gate early 11 November 1989. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

A picture taken 11 November 1989 shows a West Berliner preparing to hand over a FRG flag to East German Vopo policemen through a portion of the fallen Berlin Wall near the Brandenbourg Gate. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

Two West German policemen prevent people from approaching as East German Vopos stand on and near a fallen portion of the Berlin Wall 11 November 1989. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

Two West German policemen prevent people from approaching as East German Vopos stand on and near a fallen portion of the Berlin Wall 11 November 1989. (c)AFP/GERERAD MALIE

Thousands of young East Berliners crowd atop the Berlin Wall, near the Brandenburg Gate (background) on November 11, 1989. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

Thousands of East Berliners are packing at one of the new openings created by army bolldozers, at Eberswalderstrasse, in order to enjoy sightseeing and shopping at West, on November 11, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German border guard (R) shares a joke with a West German policeman (L) at the Potsdamer Platz (square) where a new crossing point into the West has been opened on November 12, 1989 as a result of the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 09, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

A group of East German police officers look on as workers continue to demolish a section of the Berlin Wall, between East berlin and the no-man's-land, to open a new crossing point at Eberswalder strasse, early on November 12, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East Berliner with West german flag and flowers enters West berlin amidst a crowd of East germans flooding through the recently made opening in the Berlin wall at Potsdamer Square, on November 12, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German mother and her two children holding pieces of the Berlin Wall cross the border line at Wollangstrasse where a new crossing point into the West has been opened 13 November 1989 as a result of the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 09, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

A couple of East Germans watches the Brandenburg Gate 15 November 1989 as hundreds of East and West Berliners gathered at the Unter den Linden avenue in East Berlin in hope that the crossing point under the gate will open soon following the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 09, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

Young West Berliners, perched on top of the Berlin Wall, remove a piece of it, on November 16, 1989 in Berlin. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

A young Berliner in fancy dress is pictured in front of the Berlin Wall, on November 16, 1989 in Berlin. (c)AFP/DERRICK CEYRAC/GERARD MALIE

East Germans come to spend the day in West Berlin, receive food rations here, on November 18, 1989. (c)AFP/DERRICK CEYRAC/GERAD MALIE

Ten of thousands of East Germans crowded the Kurfurstendamm, on November 18, 1989 in West Berlin's center. (c)AFP/DERRICK CEYRAC/GERARD MALIE

East Berliners cross the bridge at Friedrichstrasse, a new authorized passage into West Berlin, as the flow continues, on November 18, 1989. (c)AFP/DERRICK CEYRAC/GERARD MALIE

A convoy of East German cars queue up at Unter den Linden avenue in East Berlin on November 18, 1989 before crossing the border line under the Brandenburg Gate (background) into West Berlin as a result of the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 09, 1989. (c)AFP/DERRICK CEYRAC

People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin 22 December 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

Marianne Kopper of East Berlin and her husband Wolfgang Spitz of West Berlin wave to photographers, on November 20, 1989 after their wedding ceremony in the suburbs of East Berlin. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

A young boy is trying to show his talent by drawing on the East side of the Berlin Wall, on November 21, 1989, a few yards from the newly-opened crossing at Potsdammerplatz. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German policeman (Vopo) looks at East German Trabant cars, as heavy East to West traffic clogged the Glienicker Bridge, the bridge where East West spy exchanges traditionnally took place, on November 21, 1989. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

A Trabant (also known as the Trabi, or as the "cardboard-box-on-wheels", the car which symbolised communist East Germany) stops at a checkpoint near the Berlin Wall decorated for the first time on the East side, on November 21, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German artist decorates the East side of the Berlin Wall for the first time, on November 21, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German artist decorates the East side of the Berlin Wall for the first time, on November 21, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

A young boy is trying to show his talent by drawing on the East side of the Berlin Wall, on November 21, 1989, a few yards from the newly-opened crossing at Potsdammerplatz. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German policeman (Vopo) walks past an East German artist standing on a ladder and decorating the East side of the Berlin Wall for the first time, on November 21, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German policeman (Vopo) looks through a hole made in the Berlin Wall next to the Brandebourg Gate, on November 21, 1989. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

An East German artist standing on a ladder decorates the East side of the Berlin Wall for the first time, on November 21, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German artist offers to paint Vopos' uniforms trying to prevent her from going on painting on the Berlin Wall, on November 21, 1989 in Berlin. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German policeman (Vopo) looks at East German artists standing on a ladder and decorating the East side of the Berlin Wall for the first time, on November 21, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

An East German with crutches, attempts to knock down a portion of the Berlin Wall with a hammer and a pick, on November 21, 1989 in Berlin. (c)AFP/GERARD MALIE

People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

Young East Berliners rejoice for the opening of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG/DANIEL JANIN

A young German holds a banner reading "Deutschland einig Vaterland"....."Germany - One Nation" or "Germany united fatherland", during a demonstration in front of Brandenburg Gate, east Berlin, on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

A West German policeman passes by the Berlin Wall before the opening of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

East and West German policement stand near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

People from East Germany greet citizens of West Germany at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

People from East Germany and West Germany gather for the opening of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG

People from East Germany and West Germany gather for the opening of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 22, 1989. (c)AFP/PATRICK HERTZOG