Germany remembers 1989 embassy speech
- 10 years ago
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September 30th marks the 25th anniversary of a key moment in events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. On this day in 1989, West Germany's foreign minister informed thousands of East German refugees crowded into Bonn's embassy in Prague that they were being allowed to cross the Iron Curtain. A quarter of a century later, we caught up with one of the refugees who fled via the embassy.
September 30th marks the 25th anniversary of a key moment in events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. On this day in 1989, West Germany's foreign minister informed thousands of East German refugees crowded into Bonn's embassy in Prague that they were being allowed to cross the Iron Curtain. A quarter of a century later, we caught up with one of the refugees who fled via the embassy.