09 November 2019, Berlin: People celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at ... [+] Bösebrücke in Bornholmer Straße. A monument to tyrannyThe Berlin Wall was vital to East Germany’s survival. In mid-1989, Honecker declared that he expected the Berlin Wall would last another century. The fall of the Berlin Wall paradoxically seems both inevitable and accidental. While it stood, the Berlin Wall represented division, oppression, and fear.

Source: Forbes November 10, 2019 23:24 UTC