20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Tomorrow, November 9th 2009, it is celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. For over a quarter of a century, since 1961, this terribly famous wall, also known as The Iron Curtain, divided Germany -and Europe- in two parts.

The BBC reported the event in this article.

Here's a historical video document of what happened those days when the wall was finally pulled down.

Maybe you would like to have a look at John Kennedy's speech in Berlin during his official visit in 1963, which ended with the famous sentence: "Ich bin ein Berliner".

Last October 31st the leaders of Germany, the United States and the Soviet Union in 1989 gathered in Berlin to take part in the celebration marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall which put an end to the European Cold War.