Mr. Hinkel, the high-rise's developer, said 19 slabs of the wall, each four feet long, will be relocated "only a few meters" beside the East Side Gallery.

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Over the weekend, tourists snapped photos of the East Side Gallery paintings, which were restored around the time of the city's commemoration of the 20th anniversary of reunification.

WSJ: In Berlin, Wall Divides Developers, Protesters

After pulling it off the wall at the Upper East Side gallery, he stashed it in a shopping bag and flew with it back to Athens, authorities said.

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