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Those are the words and images that nbc used to open its special report on the night of november 9, 1989. 30 years later, we are remembering that earth and concrete shattering day. We are live from the berlin wall gallery, from the newseum and washington, d. C. It is our home for the next three hours on washington journal on cspan and cspan3. Were asking you to share your own memories. Give us a call and let us know what the fall of the berlin wall meant to you. If you live in eastern or central time zones, the number to call is 202 7488000. Mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7488001. A special phone number for germanamericans this morning that number 202 7488002. If you want to send us a text this morning, that number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, and of course you can catch up with us on social media, on twitter at cspanwj, and on facebook. We welcome you to the berlin wall gallery here at the newseum. The largest unaltered portions of t ....
Postwall history. Washington journal is next. East berlin tonight, tens of thousands of people crossing into west tens of thousands of crossing into west portland, pouring into the berlin wall, not waiting for official visits or even daybreak, they are still coming. Those are the words and images that nbc knee used to open its report on november 9th, 1989. 30 years later we have remembering that they, live from the museums berlin wall calgary, just on pennsylvania avenue, u. S. Capital here in washington d. C. , its our home for the next three hours on the washington journal on c span, and an American History on cspan 3. As we talk about the history of the wall, were talking about your own memories. Let us know what the fall of the berlin wall meant to you. Four lines are spent relate this morning. If you live in the eastern or central time zones, the phone number to call 2027488000 if you live in a specific timelines, then call ....
My previous book called 1989, the struggle to create post cold war europe. These books are in the reverse order. 1989 talks about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. The collapse is actually about the fall of the berlin wall. So the new book is a prequel to my previous book. So how did that happen . This book is about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall, and when i did book talks like this one, id say, im here to talk about the Foreign Policy that followed the accidental opening of the berlin wall. And often i would not even get to that sentence. Somebody would interrupt me and say, timeout. What do you mean the accidental opening of the berlin wall . That was the polite version. Sometimes i also got, youre an historian. Dont you know that president reagan opened the ber ....