How a mistake at a press conference helped topple the Berlin Wall
Many steps led to German reunification, but perhaps none more dramatic and pivotal than the night the Berlin Wall fell, Nov. 9, 1989. Peter Brinkmann, a West German newspaper journalist based in Hamburg at the time, was there.
30 years after it fell, the Berlin Wall still divides Germans
Vintage home movies show another side of life in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall
No regrets: East Germans recall attempts to escape Communist state
Artists often play a part in the struggle against barriers. The World’s Gerry Hadden has been looking into songs that symbolized the struggle against the divided Germany. He didn’t find many. But the few he found mostly came from the former East Germany.
Twenty years ago, the wall that divided East and West Berlin came down in dramatic fashion. Since that time, the Berlin Wall has been broken up. Former Berlin resident Juliane Camfield tells Alex Gallafent she could never own a piece of the wall.
Our daily puzzler. The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Leipzig, Germany. Today marks the 20th anniversary of historic protests that took place in the then-communist East German city of Leipzig. Anchor Marco Werman has the story.
