Basic Info

First Air: January 01, 2009

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 2

Last Episode

Name: Fall

Season: 1, Episode: 2

Air Date: 2009-01-08

Part 2 focuses on dramatic East Berlin escape stories of the 1970s and '80s as the GDR regime crumbled at the end of the Cold War. But as the GDR was planning a new, "gentler" Wall with infrared, laser, chemical and vibration detectors, U.S. President Reagan was exhorting the Soviet Union to "tear down this Wall"

Busting the Berlin Wall

2009 1 seasons 2 episodes

Overview

For 28 years, the Berlin Wall split a city and a whole nation. While the notorious dangers frightened many GDR citizens, there were others who tried to overcome it. Families fly across the border in a home-made hot air balloon or swing over the Wall hanging from a makeshift pulley. The Wall still works but Communism is crumbling behind it. Suddenly, the borders are open, and the Wall comes down.

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