Barack Obama Visits Berlin

The Victory Column faces the Brandenburg Gate, where President Reagan delivered his famous speech urging Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to
Photographs for TIME by Callie Shell / Aurora

Dramatic Setting
The Victory Column faces the Brandenburg Gate, where President Reagan delivered his famous speech urging Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin Wall.

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