Berlin Prepares For 30th Anniversary Of The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 31: A tourist bus drives past a still-standing portion of the Berlin Wall in the city center on October 31, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. November 9 will mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Wall that quickly led to the collapse of the communist East German government. Revolutions across other communist countries of the East Bloc soon followed. The Berlin Wall, built by the communist authorities of East Germany, stood from 1961 until 1989 and prevented people fleeing from East to West Berlin. At least 136 people, many of them shot dead by East German border guards, were killed trying to escape. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)