Fall of the Berlin Wall
From the archives | 'The wall is gone': Berlin Wall torn down
Juan J. Walte
USA TODAY
This story originally published on Nov. 10, 1989. It is being republished as part of the commemoration of USA TODAY's 40th anniversary on Sept. 15, 2022.
AT THE BERLIN WALL — East Germans – told they were free to travel anywhere – wept, hugged, danced and kissed in both halves of divided Berlin today after East Germany opened its borders for the first time since 1961.