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Trabis passieren am 11. November 1989 die Grenze in Berlin und fahren durch Herleshausen. Nach der Oeffnung eines Teils der deutsch-deutschen Grenzuebergaenge in der Nacht vom 9. auf den 10. November 1989 reisten hunderttausende DDR-Buerger zu einem kurzen Besuch nach West-Berlin und in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. - This picture dated 11 November 1989 shows a Trabi platoon from East Germany rolling slowly through the border crossing Herleshausen, Germany. 20 years after the fall of Berlin Wall, these cars are only very rarely seen on German roads. On 03 October 2009 Germans celebrate the Day of German Unity, a national holiday that commemorates the anniversary of German reunification in 1990. The reunification of East and West Germany was precipitated by the fall of the Berlin Wall on 09 November 1989. As a symbol for the fall of the Iron Curtain and collapse of Communism in the Eastern Bloc the 20th anniversary of this historic event is marked around the world in 2009. EPA/KAI-UWE WAERNER