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Well people have been stopping by they could say Minute Church to watch a series of projections that are being projected on to the church behind me these tell the story of the week leading up to the fall of the berlin wall and that is why people are coming here because this church played a huge role in the peaceful revolution in the path toward that peaceful revolution people at this church would come and meet Opposition Forces which are i should say. Oppositionists came here to meet and 30 years ago to the evening there was a concert here of beethovens 3rd symphony where the conductor stood up after the symphony and said the wall has got to go and that is when people took to the streets in an impromptu demonstration now 30 years later tonight theres a concert by the hunk rock joy and patti smith whos come here from the Uni ....
Election and these are some of the most ancient human settlements on earth now disappearing under water as a huge dam project nears completion in turkey. Im off its good to have you with us we begin tonight right here in berlin the german capital is marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall on that historic night november 9th 1989 the unthinkable happened east germanys communist regime opened the border the announcement allowed its citizens to safely cross to the west for the 1st time in 3 decades now and all those years crossing without permission was often fatal hundreds of people were killed trying to us. The country but after the berlin wall fell friends and family were finally able to reunite without fear paving the way for the to germanys to do the same in less than a years time. All right for more on the celebrations this week lets go now to my colleague or our reporter david levitz he is out in the balance in berlin this evening in front of a very well known church her ....