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G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. 1972. A wall crumbles down after having been set on fire, presumably by the IRA. | License

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G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. 1972. A woman wounded by an IRA bomb explosion in the city centre, is given first aid. | License

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G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Londonderry. 1972. British soldiers on patrol under the curious gaze of a young boy. | License

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NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. 1997. Protestant kids play war with pellet gun under the "peace wall" which seperate Protestant Shankill from Catholic Clonards districts. | License

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G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Londonderry. 1972. Young children on swings in the back alleys of a working class neighbourhood. | License

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G.B. NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast. 1997. A "peace wall", erected by the British authorities, seperate Catholics (left) from Protestants. It runs on the back garden of a middle class housing estate. | License

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        The “Holy Week” agreement and the subsequent referendum are a first step towards negotiated peace in Northern Ireland.

        But centuries of hate and mistrust will not be wiped out with this agreement. The symbol of this accumulated hate is the “Peace Wall” which separates the two communities – the Catholic and the Protestant – in Belfast.

        When will this wall come crumbling down?

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