Sascha Moellering witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate on Nov. 9, 1989. But it took about another 10 years for the border between the communist East and capitalist West to come down in his mind. Schabowski had also meant to say East Germans could apply for visas in an orderly manner. Did he say everyone can go from East to West and West to East? Moellering said it took him a long time to see East Berlin as part of Berlin.

Source: National Post November 04, 2019 13:18 UTC