Christopher Mallaby, who was a U.K.Īmbassador to Germany at the time, Andrey Kortunov, the director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, and historian, Timothy Garton So, where do we stand 30 years later? Three people who all saw the wall fall with their own eyes join me. Nationalism and even authoritarianism across Europe and the United States. But after three decades of progress towards freedom and democracy, the last three years have seen a worrying shift back towards Every day I had to turn away from freedom at the last minute.ĪMANPOUR: Neither the CIA nor Germany at the time had any idea this was coming, that the people trapped behind the wall would muster the courage toīreach it. And every day when I was very close to the wall, I had to turn away at the last minute in order to I walked toward it every day on my way home from my Graduates this year, German chancellor, Angela Merkel, who grew up in East Berlin made clear just how stark the divide was before that night.ĪNGELA MERKEL, GERMAN CHANCELLOR (through translator): I lived near the Berlin Wall. Two years later, that black would collapse and Germany would be reunified. It didn't only divide that city into east and west, it was the Cold War frontier between Thirty years ago, this weekend, the Berlin Wall fell. Plus, Jimmie Fails on his last debut in 'The Black Man in San Francisco.' A man is not a piece of fruit.ĪMANPOUR: Actor, Wendell Pierce stars in 'Death of a Salesman.' He joins us to talk Arthur Miller, 'The Wire' and working with Meghan Markle. WENDELL PIERCE, ACTOR, 'DEATH OF A SALESMAN': You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away.

We look at how that night changed the world for better and for worse. Thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.ĬHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hello, everyone, and welcome to 'Amanpour.' Here's what's coming up. Ambassador to Germany, Andrey Kortunov, Director General, Russian Intelligence Affairs Council, and Timothy Garton Ash, Historian and Author, 'The Magic Lantern,' are Interviewed About the Fall of Berlin Wall Wendell Pierce in 'Death of a Salesman' Wendell Pierce, Actor, 'Death of a Salesman,' is Interviewed about 'Death of a Salesman' and 'The Wire.' Aired 1-2p ET Remembering the Fall of the Berlin Wall 30 Years Later Christopher Mallaby, Former U.K.

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