Google Doodle today celebrates the fall of Berlin Wall’s 30th anniversary
GOOGLE has commemorated the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago today.
The Google Doodle captures the heartwarming aspect of the peaceful revolution.
What does the Doodle show?
Google's Doodle shows a couple standing on top of a slab of the wall, hugging in between the former barrier.
Artist Max Guther said he drew inspiration from old photo's of his parents who witnessed the remarkable event.
The Berlin-based guest artist said: "I hope there will never be another moment that I or anyone else has to live in a country with border walls locking people inside or keeping people outside.
"I hope that people start fighting border walls all over the world, helping people living in divided or separated countries, and giving refuge to those fleeing their home countries because they have no choice."
How did the Berlin Wall fall?
The Berlin Wall fell accidentally on November 9 1989.
For five days before, millions of people gathered in East Germany, protesting against the wall.
In a bid to calm the demonstrations, East German leaders tried to loosen the borders, making travel easier for East Germans.
But they did not intend for the wall to be opened up completely.
As government officials, made the announcement of travel, thousands flocked to the border.
Within hours, millions of Germans outnumbered the guards so in a bid to avoid deaths and accidents, a border guard ordered his officials to open the border.
They all chanted "Tor Auf!", which means open the gate.
LATEST GOOGLE DOODLES
What is a Google Doodle?
In 1998, the search engine founders Larry and Sergey drew a stick figure behind the second 'o' of Google as a message to that they were out of office at the Burning Man festival and with that, Google Doodles were born.
The company decided that they should decorate the logo to mark cultural moments and it soon became clear that users really enjoyed the change to the Google homepage.
Now, there is a full team of doodlers, illustrators, graphic designers, animators and classically trained artists who help create what you see on those days.
Google kicked off 2019 with an animated Doodle of New Year's Eve celebrations.
And on February 5, 2019, the Chinese New Year was celebrated with a hand animation transforming into a pig.
St Patrick's Day on March 17 was remembered with a Celtic Google Doodle.
And on March 21, Google Doodle used AI for the first time in a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Doodle allowed users to create their own tune.
And Google also celebrated the Women's World Cup with Doodles for each participating team.