National Review, December 22nd, 1989
WEST BERLIN-It began as a trickle. On East German TV, a government spokesman had ended an evening press conference by saying that citizens of the GDR could travel freely, and by 9:30 P.m. on November 9, the first East Berliners strolled across a bridge at Bornholmer Strasse. They'd heard the news in a bar and walked down to the nearest crossing to see if it was really true. It was. A small crowd greeted them as they reached the Western side. "May I come in?" asked one politely. "To walk across this bridge into West Berlin is the most normal thing in the world," one man said-and then added, "t...
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