Nov 4th, 2009 - Reuters
One of the most amazing aspects about the Berlin Wall's sudden collapse 20 years ago was that no one lost their nerve. Not a single shot was fired. The Cold War ended with the biggest street party Berlin, or any city anywhere, has ever seen.
Who would have thought that's how the Berlin Wall would go out? Berlin's long division was the result of World War Two. The Wall was the focal point of the Cold War - Soviet and American tanks faced off almost barrel-to-barrel at Checkpoint Charlie. Not surprisingly, many people thought that the stalemate would only be changed by another war. But instead on Nov. 9, 1989 there was no bang, no blood. Just a lot of celebrating. And a lot of tears.
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On the night of 9 November 1989...Witness: The Wall loomed bigger than the Alps
Nov 4th, 2009 - Reuters
Peter Jebautzke, who grew up in East Germany, has worked for Reuters for 12 years as an IT field specialist. In the following story he describes his first trip to West Berlin at age 24.Berlin Wall now in pieces across USA
Nov 3rd, 2009 - USA Today
FULTON, Mo. — Twenty years after it fell, the Berlin Wall has spread around the world, morphing en route from an instrument of oppression to a symbol of freedom.
The wall is found across the U.S...20 Years After the Fall: the Berlin Wall, East Germany and the Cold War
Nov 2nd, 2009 - VOA News
For nearly three decades the Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War - it divided a city and in effect the entire country. And then on November 9th, 1989 it crumbled and with it Communist East Germany and the Cold War itself.
Related videos from YouTube:
10:02Cold War: Berlin Wall - part 1/5
1959 - 1962 The fate of Germany remains unresolved. West Germany has been admitted to NATO. Within East Germany, Berlin is divided between East and West by an open border. Thousands seize the chance to flee the communist system ...
5:03Cold War: Berlin Wall - part 5/5
1959 - 1962 The fate of Germany remains unresolved. West Germany has been admitted to NATO. Within East Germany, Berlin is divided between East and West by an open border. Thousands seize the chance to flee the communist system ...
6:20The Berlin Wall (extract from BBC and CNN Series Cold War)
An edited overview of the Berlin Wall, from the 9th episode of the excellent BBC and CNN series "Cold War".
10:00Cold War: Berlin Wall - part 2/5
1959 - 1962 The fate of Germany remains unresolved. West Germany has been admitted to NATO. Within East Germany, Berlin is divided between East and West by an open border. Thousands seize the chance to flee the communist system ...
