Both sides remember the day the Berlin Wall fell down

For decades, the Berlin Wall stood as the symbol of the Cold War. Built in 1961, it was the line in the sand where western democracy ended and communist rule began. Then suddenly, 20 years ago today, it was gone.

As a reporter, Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff hitch-hiked overnight to Berlin to cover the story. He is now the senior director at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

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Daniel Fried was working at the Polish desk at teh U.S. State Department when the wall came down. He later became the U.S. ambassador to Poland.

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Sergey Shestakov was the chief of staff for the Soviet ambassador to the United Nations. He explains how the Soviets saw the fall of the wall.

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As a reporter, Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff hitch-hiked overnight to Berlin to cover the story. Daniel Fried was working at the Polish desk at the U.S. State Department when the wall came down. Sergey Shestakov was the chief of staff for the Soviet ambassador to the United Nations. http://worldfocus.org/files/2009/11/th_germany_map.jpg http://worldfocus.org/files/2009/11/th_germany_map.jpg

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