The Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989


I remember watching this event on TV and not really understanding what was going on . Too young to realise the symbolic importance of jumping around on a concrete wall, I thought there was some sort of riot going on in Germany. Furthermore, I couldn’t understand why all of my family were standing around and watching in awe as guys with mullets and leather jackets attacked an old wall with sledge hammers and kicks.

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