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East German accountant Illona Prindable in Canberra and West German astrophysicist Malte Marquarding in Sydney grew up in a divided nation. They never met yet share the same experience: They both witnessed the fall of the Berlin wall on 9 November 1989.

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East German accountant Illona Prindable in Canberra and West German astrophysicist Malte Marquarding in Sydney grew up in a divided nation. They never met yet share the same experience: They both witnessed the fall of the Berlin wall on 9 November 1989.

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