Part of Berlin Wall removed in pre-dawn operation

By Kirsten Grieshaber, Robert Reid

Published March 27, 2013 4:00am ET

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Part of Berlin Wall removed in pre-dawn operation — Police officers guard in front of a remaining part of the Berlin Wall in Berlin on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Work crews backed by about 250 police have removed portions of the Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery to make way for an upscale building project, despite demands by protesters that the site be preserved. Plans to remove part of the 1.3-kilometer (3/4-mile) stretch of wall sparked protests that developers were sacrificing history for profit. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) | Markus Schreiber

BERLIN (AP) — For nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall was the hated symbol of the division of Europe, a gray, concrete mass that snaked through neighborhoods, separating families and friends. On Wednesday, it took hundreds of police to guarantee the safe removal of 15 feet (less than 5 meters) of what’s left of the wall.

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