Nov. 9, 1989: A people takes its freedom | History Stories

A day that changed the course of German history forever: On November 9, 1989 the pressures of revolution brought down the Berlin Wall. This episode of History Stories illustrates how months of protests and mass demonstrations lead up to this fateful day. Archival footage of news coverage of the events as they unfolded is paired with powerful statements from East Berliners as they crossed over to the other side.
Report: Rosalie Engels
Producer: Ricarda Otte
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[@Angela-Louisa]

Still chokes me up, 34 years on. Basic human right, freedom most of us take for granted.

[@rembrandt2323]

Where did you learned GERMAN to understand the Video? Just asking.,... because I AM A GERMAN....

[@russozelinsky]

Now you got Pislam there. Good going.

[@backaddict673]

The simple joy of being able to travel inside your own bloody country after all that time! I can't even begin to imagine how that felt even seeing and hearing the people living it. I was a young teenager when this happened and will remember the day I heard about it on the news in the US as long as I live.

[@stephtimms1776]

This is why the right to protest peacefully is so important.

[@objectivityisourfriend9631]

Watching this from America. Saw it live as a10-year-old. Today, I believe the West has devolved into a Cold War and now is less free than this day, 1989. So I watching to cheer myself. Brings tears to my eyes.

[@thekostya2001]

Thanks to Gorbachev there were no blood in this inevitable chain of history

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

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[@mattboland7063]

America and Ronald Reagan did more to bring down the Berlin Wall than Gorbachev did. Yes, Mikhail was pushing reforms, but only "socialism with a human face". It was President Reagan who said to the Soviet Union, "if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity...open this gate! Tear down this wall!"

[@lesgibson969]

Amazing!

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Thanks for watching! We have lots more History Stories to come

[@troyturton8197]

I still get emotional thinking about how all this came to be, seemingly out of no where. And then the next year, the Scorpions band came out with their beautiful song Wind of Change. About that magical day. I wish the same could happen now in Israel, with the Palestinians being set free like this!

[@user-xg2kp9bq4u]

Ну как после объединения?

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Thank you for your comment. If possible, please comment in English next time so that more people can follow the discussion. All the best!

[@mulleflupp54]

Die gehen noch Brav alle zur Arbeit am nächsten Tag 😂😂

[@kingdedede333]

Never ask a woman, her age A man, his salary The West Berlin Government, what it did to homeless children

[@arsenalofdemocracy9985]

did they shoot them like soviets？

[@Clapperofcheeks5000]

I do all three all the time no big deal your brain is full of platitudes not realism