Video from Night Berlin Wall Fell, 25 Years Ago

I actually have a chunk of the Berlin Wall!!

I am quite the history buff and bid for it at a Church Missions Auction about 20 yrs ago. It is about 9 inches or so by about 7 inches-not a perfect dimensionally just guesstimates

 

Video:The Berlin Wall Falls 1989 NBC Coverage Pt1





Video: Fall of Berlin Wall (1989)



I remember when the wall fell. It was beautiful. I don't have a piece of it though. But I'll never forget the coverage we watched live on TV.

 

I watched in amazement as I did not think that I would live long enough to see it happen. I thought that it would be at least 2050 or so before this could happen.

I took a class in modern European history while in college, about 1963 or '64. After that class I believed that Russia would not control Central and Eastern Europe long, long in the historical sense of the word. That it would take at least 100 years or a bit more for it to unravel. That is why I was surprised it happened so quickly, historically speaking.

 

I can take you to exactly where I was standing when I was watching it on TV. I too could not believe what I was watching and was totally amazed

 

When the Berlin Wall fell, Mrs. Rolf's Grandmother was just outside Berlin. She did not go to witness it. She was processing strawberries.