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[ chanting ] >> all of east germany, angry crowds lashed out on the streets. that night in dresden, they found a target. the local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building, as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside, peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. >> he was terrified they were going to storm the building. >> putin was a junior officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. the berlin wall had come down, police weren't going to help. he called for instruction. desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters ...

the berlin wall had just fallen. all over east germany angry crowds roamed the streets, lashing out at symbols of communist rule. that night in dresden they found a target, the local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building. as the hour grew later the crowd grew larger. inside peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. >> he was terrified that they were going to storm the building. >> putin was a junior officer. but the boss was away. he was in charge. >> the berlin wall in come down. police weren't going to help. and he called for in...

a mob surrounded the building. as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. ♪ >> he was terrified that they were going to storm the building. >> putin was a junior officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. >> the berlin wall had come down. police weren't going to help, and he called for instructions. >> desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again. finally one official told him simply moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal ...

december 5th, 1989. it was a cold night in dredden, east germany. and it would change the course of vladamir putin's life. the berlin wall had just fallen. all over east germany, angry crowds roamed the streets, lashing out at symbols of communist rule. that night in dresden, they found a target. a local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building. as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. ♪ ♪ >> he was terrified that they were going to storm the building. >> putin was a junior o...

A mob surrounded the building. as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. ♪ >> he was terrified that they were going to storm the building. >> putin was a junior officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. >> the berlin wall had come down. police weren't going to help, and he called for instructions. >> desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again. finally one official told him simply moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him.