World marks fall of Berlin wall
BERLIN — On Nov. 4, 1989, a half-million East Berliners, most having grown up behind a nearly 10-foot-tall wall of oppression, mounted a huge demonstration in Alexanderplatz demanding freedom.
It was the capstone of many such demonstrations that had been taking place for months throughout the communist country.
That was a straw in the wind to people like Christhard Lapple, then a 31-year-old reporter for G...
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