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.
Love, friendship, protest: 3 former East Germans reflect on the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years later
This Berlin friendship began over the radio and in the shadow of the Wall
The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Tempelhof Airport. The World’s David Leveille reports that Berlin’s city officials want to close the airport down. But supporters say it should stay open, in honor of its role during the historic Berlin Airport in 1948 and 1949.
