‘Gum drop’ cars visit to DC marks fall of Berlin Wall

[img_assist|nid=6141|title=Click on photo to enlarge or download|desc=Thomas Boghardt, historian for the International Spy Museum, poses by a Trabant car. Boghardt, dressed in a typical border guard’s uniform, said the cars were used by residents of East Berlin before Germany was reunified. – Photo by Kellie Ell|link=popup|align=right|width=426|height=640]WASHINGTON - Chris Zbinden steers his miniature car down the streets of the Nation's Capital.

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