schabowski is known the night the wall came down. next to. the timeless way to discover the pulse of. stuart's nov 14th on the job. in. east berlin november the 8th 1989 surveillance cameras operated by the east german secret police the stasi showed suspicious activity right by the wall of the brandenburg gate. as the officer requested information about a tall mosque picked up on the images. are about whatever. you know them and avoided. the suspicious mosque was being a reacted by an american television broadcaster which had sent its top reporter. at the same time in the east german ministry of the interior. a colonel of the people's police was given a secret mission by his superiors. he was to write a paper intended to save the country from just master at the last minute but the new trot out of control and changed to well. and 12 it was an overcast november day it wasn't raining but it was dull. topes talk. i hate november i hate this weather it drags down my mood. it was fortunate our embassy had a serene pull a 3040 minute swim gave me en

out in front good to schabowski got an alarming phone call from delhi. there's a part of the saw i i said what a mess why is communication been so bad in the last few days i hadn't understood yet this it was a fundamentally muddled situation because when i heard the news i was horrified because i knew that it could lead to confrontation which had to be prevented without fail. then i drove into 1000000000 that i mean far away shortly after midnight ski reached the hina border crossing. over because as i was getting out of my car a civilian came towards me i assumed he was from the start he told me they're letting them through now no incidents so. there was nothing more schabowski could do. he trails back hoe. in west berlin took his east. german guests to a pub called house of a 100 being is. not very much then we were in a pub and boom a store where they had more than a 100 kinds of beer that was incredible for us and it tasted better than our beer. some people heard what we were talking about what's happening they said did we hear right. i said yeah we'

nuts yes knowing that i went in and my 1st impression was completely annoying because mr schabowski swagged all the time about reforming socialism and how to do it and how to make a better place but that was not the question the people were thinking about the people were thinking about freedom and travelling and 57 of the 60 minutes the press a press conference take place he talks about reforming socialism and then you missed the main part a nightmare for record yeah complete nightmare and historic fail for me because i 5 minutes before the press conference and i have to go upstairs where ring radio studio was to make a life broadcast to my radio station in western berlin so i prepared a little bit 5 minutes and this is where the 5 minutes i missed the historical sentence of mr schabowski so you could have been the 1st person to tell the world that the wall is open but you couldn't after you realized what did you do then. i went inside to several boss and principal back in some berlin and spoke with the people there they didn't know anything and i brought the news to them and this was a ver

there was nothing more schabowski could do. he trails back hoe. in west berlin peter greenaway took his east german guests to a pub called house of 100 beings. there's a version of him us then we were in a pub in burma's door where they had more than a 100 kinds of beer that was incredible for us and it tasted better than our beer. some people had what we were talking about what's happening they said did we hear right. i said yeah we're from over there the wall is open you look at our id we've just come across that made an impression the 1st thing they said was oh what a shame we've got nothing here for you they wanted to give us something would. ease and they said in the news that all those people who had stamp in their passports wouldn't be allowed back in the east germany. proper out fish had a fainting fit and we had to rush back to the border. it was so worried about her family and that she wouldn't be able to see them again you know. get a familiar with the. loud house office him east german interior ministry the phone was ringing off the ho

schabowski is no doubt the night the wall came down. next. staying up to date don't miss our highlights from the w. program online w dot com hard. east berlin november the 8th 1989 surveillance cameras operated by the east german secret police the stasi showed suspicious activity right by the wall of the brandenburg gate. a stasi officer requested information about a tall man asked picked up on the images. by saddam whatever. you know then when you were what we call. one of. the suspicious mast was being a wreck to judge by an american television broadcaster which had sent its top reporter to berlin. at the same time in the east german ministry of the interior. a colonel of the people's police was given a secret mission by his superiors. he was to write a paper intended to save the country from disaster at the last minute but the notat out of control and changed the world. and it was an overcast november day it wasn't raining but it was dull. it helps doc. i hate november i hate this weather it drags down my mood. i'm good at this it was fort

schabowski. mr schabowski you spoke of mistakes because don't you think the draft travel bill you presented a few days ago was a big mistake mistake for free to get up to this moment as that moment i remembered i had wanted to talk about the issue of the travel regulations for you these are. sort of the. decisions has been made today the recommendation of the political row has been accepted that the passage of a permanent departure be taken from that draft and come into effect. then he started searching amongst his papers and couldn't at 1st find a note he'd been given by a gone krentz he had this big pile of papers with him which i could see because i was sitting at the front to win as well for as us and as the guy i reached into this pile and was looking for the note i was supposed to read out a colleague came to help me out with this media somebody handed him a piece of paper from the poet bureau and he took a class as a writer. and i a waiter described us in the new york times as if a martian

really just just arrived yesterday the german state paid for schabowski famous. german taxpayers paid $25000.00 euro's for that note which is quite a lot of money but if you take into consideration what you see here and what the note itself stands for we thought it is quite a good investment. so i actually did pass through here quite a number of times in the days of. the public in 1970 i met german woman. german friends of mine and in the spring of 1009. so that she could. be our. so i passed by here quite a number of times coming here you push your passport intrinsic wish this was the famous person conference took place it was the international press center the german democratic republic it's now part of the justice ministry let's go and see the room but the ministry has removed the building the room has disappeared together with most of its contents. of this room this new morton conference room the only thing that remains. this could be the. central figure because this is a very special event union meeting of all the journalists who were at the. press conferenc

and so good to schabowski went to his press conference. he has to be back at the international press center in berlin with a live report a tradition that was started yesterday is to be continued every evening after the end of the day sessions of the central committee of the socialist. unity party a representative of this committee will talk to each german and foreign journalists to answer their questions as you can see huge numbers are assembled here them it's in the data and on. one of the journalists present was american news anchor tom brokaw. i'm pretty drawstring this point 5 o'clock i've formed a monarch so i said as our satellite. capability still there they said yes we're also getting a crate out there to protect our over a high shot all that time peter brinkman had managed to defend his seat. that moment waiting for the room was crammed full nobody knew anything nobody had the faintest idea but everyone felt something was up but we had to be there for whatever was going to happen today victor. at the same time in warsaw how much c

outside germany few people even know his name but good to schabowski is one of those improbable men of destiny a man who made cold war history without even realizing it the former political member is credited with accidentally sparking the fall of the berlin wall by announcing in error that new rules allowing east germans to travel were effective immediately the note she consulted at a press conference on november 9th went missing for a while but it's now been acquired by the german state and is on display here in berlin and we sent our intrepid adrian kennedy to investigate the story of an iconic memo so we're here at friedrichstrasse a train station in the fire you must promise of 2 years which was effectively the border between east and west and we're here to have a close encounter with the famous schabowski. 1st issue of money. interests aggression. careless words. all germans will remember forever these. scribbled notes watch could go. so this is it this is it. really just just arrived yesterday the german state paint for schabowski is famous not the german taxpayers paid 25000 eu

schabowski is no doubt the night the wall came down. next on the. list to put your response to leave yourself a network or the humax you tube channel subscribers don't miss out. on shooting good those are mostly good at the 6 pm on the 9th of november 1989 going to schabowski opened a press conference about the meeting of the communist party central committee you know some hundreds of journalists had come hoping to hear news about east germany's latest decision on letting its citizens travel. not a word about the travel regulations only partly my language it was all waffle so it went on for half an hour it was dreadfully boring and all the other journalists felt the same thing. you. should ask john since your address yes is voted to an italian journalist a card or was invited to ask a question should not freak him out of going to the concept of trick can do it in one was standing to the left he derive slowly he couldn't get a 2nd he will. mr schabowski you spoke of mistakes don't you think the draft travel bill you presented a few days ago was a big

the news of schabowski snow was also spreading in west berlin. the 1st people from that side of the wall began arriving at the brandenburg gate u.s. news anchor tom brokaw was preparing for his broadcast we've been kind of keeping track of german television about what was going on are a lot of students that come from the west got the job and they're always thought you know they were back again and it was a story. just a horrible white house so i got up hard to watch and it was chaos i could hear myself. in most all west german chancellor head which corps was trying to get a picture of the situation in berlin. at that time in poland you couldn't just find a telephone in a guest house to make a call we had a floor mounted instrument with a crank lever you had to turn the lever to create the line to the situation room in the chancellery. larget center. to do all that was needed so we could be connected to the people the chancellor wanted to talk to and this can so it's possible to. shortly after 11 be shut and meet up an artificial halfway across th

prepared a little bit 5 minutes and this where the 5 minutes i missed the historical sentence of mr schabowski so you could have been the 1st person to tell the world that the wall is open but you couldn't after you realize what did you do then yeah i went inside to several bars and pencil back in some berlin and spoke with the people there they didn't know anything and i brought the news to them and this was a very intense speaking and interns evening and then we went together to the border to the checkpoints where the pressure on the border was drawing growing in every minute nothing was happening at that very moment thank you very much for sharing your memories of a very sad and report. on the back to the studio so it was all going off 30 years ago indeed only political correspondent peter craven was here and while he was in west berlin 30 years ago witnessing history where were you that night i wasn't in west berlin i was in east berlin looking at it when it came to the crunch. oh i was with a group of people who i'd sort of joined up with coming from the each there in lies a story we don'

was on and then came schabowski press conference as a. police district offices in east germany were instructed to issue travel pieces without delay. current and frank who had been planning on leaving 2 days later read a goodbye party with the neighbors and the t.v. was on. this far as i know it takes effect immediately and. i trust i didn't really understand what was happening. in west berlin but yes go and build his friend was also watching the news on t.v. . according to the east german politburo like a show gunter schabowski with east germans will be permitted to leave the country. mature a shocking and of course i immediately thought can this be true. what's going to happen. and then a few minutes later the phone rang and it was frank calling me. i said to him let's did you hear that he said yes let's go and meet at almost cost under the new font i'm on. my husband said look what if the boat is about to open i'm coming to get you and we'll go get out things together and i'll get you home distressed i'll be back in a moment you don't m

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schabowski is now on the night the wall came down. 75. i'm not laughing to the gym i just sometimes am but i stand up in whichever research i haven't thinks the printer jemma culture of looking at the stereotypes aquatics in here think the future of the country that i now live full time. needed seems to go from this drama down to me because it's all that they knew i might show join me for meet the germans on the w. post. the world's culture mobile. goes in synch with. their rivalry. 3 princes. dream of the arab world. their hunger for power and boundless ambition have plunged the middle east into a great crisis. so my books and sense of the cold starts nov 27th on t w. the be played. the best. this is g.w. news lies are from ballet and the protests in hong kong turned violent to police far older demonstrators leaving at least one person seriously injured protesters plan more disruption throughout the day we'll go to hong kong for the latest closer coming up spades associates celebrate the latest election failed to break the country's long

according to the east german politburo locational gunter schabowski east germans will be perm. had to leave the country name and maturely shut mind of course i immediately thought can this be true. what's going to happen of course that and then a few minutes later the phone rang and it was frank calling me a nun in the teams i said to him looks did you hear that he said yes let's go and meet on almost cost under the new font among the my husband said look what if the boat is about to open i'm coming to get you and we'll go get out things together and i'll get you on a stressed i'll be back in a moment if my life put on my tennis shoes and ran to born almost 700 metres positive on. it's been you know it was there when i got in my car and i headed over there driving a bit faster than allow to probably on my way to bornholm a bridge. so long that when that announcement on television often said we wanted to see if we could actually do it. this means an effective means of some kind. at 9 that evening the checkpoint behind bornholmer bridge was closed as always. in west berlin a prot

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just mentioned in his little memory walk down memory lane at the press a press conference of going to schabowski where he actually announced that the wall will be open this happened right here in this building right behind me and it was a day of course of frantic activity behind the scenes in the east german government the politico was meeting and they decided something needed to be done the country was bleeding out of mostly young people who left the country via czechoslovakia via hungary and something had to be done so they suggested to lift travel restrictions so that east germans who wanted to leave the country for good could leave via regular regular checkpoints in east berlin and that was then presented to the head of government of state relatively newly installed even kinds at the time who gave it the nod it was he took it then to the central committee where it was discussed and basically approved and then going to schabowski only joint this central committee session a bit later. after it started and then he was told to go and brief the press and chavous the only had been appointed as pre

november 9989. 40 behind one of the most remarkable days in recent german history in a schabowski he's known for the night the wall came down. at 15. the a. blood . after the fall of the berlin wall nov 9th double. europe. what unites. what divides. the. traffic. what binds the continent together. suzanne stories aplenty a. spotlight on people. girls on t w. this . wus live from berlin authorities in delhi declare a public health emergency as a small dog reaches record levels residents of the indian capital say the pollution is unbearable as schools are closed and half the city's cars are banned also coming up. as in germany for paris to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall.

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outside germany few people even know his name but good to schabowski is one of those improbable men of destiny a man who made cold war history without even realizing it the former political member is credited with accidentally sparking the fall of the berlin wall by announcing in error that new rules allowing east germans to travel were effective immediately and the note she consulted at a press conference on november 9th went missing for a while but it's now been acquired by the german state and is on display here.

outside germany few people even know his name but good to schabowski is one of those improbable men of destiny a man who made cold war history without even realizing it the former political member is credited with accidentally sparking the fall of the berlin wall by announcing in error that new rules allow east germans to travel were effective immediately and the note she consulted at a press conference on november 9th went missing for a while but it's now been acquired by the german state and is on display.

decided to lift travel restrictions on the next day the 10th of november and then a man called going to schabowski who was have been the government spokesman only for 3 days was told to go and brief the international press which he then did and there were a couple of misunderstandings there in that press conference and i think we can have a listen to that right now. the east german government was under growing pressure on the evening of november 9th 1909 spokesman going to be called a press conference. in a bid to quell the growing demonstrations communist authorities had agreed to allow east germans to travel without restrictions to the west. was asked by reporters when this would take effect he looked at his notes. just as far as i'm aware it's effective immediately because. the east german regime was caught off guard across the border in west berlin camera teams waited for something to happen the announcement set off a tidal wave of east german citizens who wanted to enter the west hours later history was made as people began crossing the border freely and the berlin wall began to fall. so 30 y

prepared a little bit 5 minutes and this is where the 5 minutes i missed the historical sentence of mr schabowski so you could have been the 1st person to tell the world that the wall is open but you couldn't after you realized what did you do then yeah i went in to several boss and principal back in some berlin and spoke with the people there they didn't know anything and i brought the news to them and this was a very intense speaking and interns evening and then we went together to the border to the checkpoints where the pressure on the border was drawing growing in every minute nothing was happening at that very moment thank you very much for sharing your memories of a very sad reporter on the back to the studio i guess hard fact so much i guess. it's the sight of the former politburo there in east l.a. and you're watching the w. special coverage of celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall we've been looking at commemorative events taking place across the city today now here's a look back about historic night 30 years ago. the world must die but it seemed unimag

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schabowski is known for the night the wall came down. in a sustainable way discovered the bauhaus. mouth starts nov 14th on g.w. . syrian born america visits a local bar in berlin. he lives just opposite with a father who was a member of the hitler youth as a child. some residents are suspicious of refugees in the neighborhood. americans curious about the bar's regulars to cross the road worlds apart. starting november 11th on d.w. . germany's this week celebrating the full of the building walls 30 years ago but the policy mood has changed with dismay many in eastern germany say they've been left behind and feel like 2nd class citizen well when the wall came down on the 9th of november 1989 the euphoria was boundless vom seen was the word if the our credit bull people curse.

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demands but they did not intervene and one member of the politburo himself took to the stage going to schabowski who became famous later on as the wall was falling and one of the organizers of the protest said as she saw his hands trembling at that moment i knew the days of the regime were numbered and one reason what they were numbered is that that demonstration on that day was in fact shown on east german television so millions of people throughout east germany saw it saw demands being voiced saw that there was no retribution by the police and that in fact that act. that it was broadcast was not authorized by the authorities so again another sign that the regime was indeed crumbling and melinda the people who organized the mass demonstration they wanted change but not necessarily the end of the east german how do those loud voices of dissent from 1909 feel about what has happened in the last 30 years. well i think the simplest answer is to say it's complicated if you look at surveys and if you do a sort of anecdotal sampling of opinion here ahead alexanderplatz sick day you hear many people sa

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