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January 17, 1991 is the day that West Poland and East Poland united into one country for the first time since the end of World War II.

On December 24, 1990, the Communist government of East Poland was on its last legs and did nothing to stop the people from dismantling the wall that divided Warsaw. Mikhail Gorbachev was about to resign as President of the Soviet Union and did not do anything to stop the wall from going down.

As Poland marks the 18th anniversary of the reuniting of the country, I have always wondered what would have happened if the Warsaw Wall was never built.

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