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Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later

Watch Tom Brokaw's 1989 report from the Berlin Wall

  Nov. 9, 1989: NBC's Tom Brokaw reports from West Germany hours after the East German government announced that residents would be able to move freely between the countries for the first time in more than 25 years.

Readers on their bits of the barrier

Msnbc.com users reveal stories behind their piece of history.

Image: Barbed wire in front of the Brandenburg Gate
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Rise and fall of the Wall

  Images: An archival look at the iconic barrier that became a symbol of the broader Cold War conflict.



















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