The night of November 9-10, 1989, marked a change in millions of people’s lives in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. As East German border police opened crossing points to the West along the Berlin Wall, jubilant Berliners streamed across the border, with many climbing onto the wall and breaking off chunks of the 28-mile long structure. As we approach the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we want to hear what it meant to you wherever you were at the time. Were you there when crossing points were opened? How did the border affect your life during the decades that the wall…

Source: The Times October 17, 2019 12:00 UTC