Now in paperback, current events get in-depth treatment in this exciting series<br>produced in collaboration with the New York Times. First-person narratives by the world-renowned newspaper's award-winning journalists tell the stories behind the headlines.<br><p><br>This compelling account carries readers back to Berlin, Germany, in 1989,<br>on the night that the Berlin Wall fell. From the moment his East German<br>assistant bursts into his West Berlin office to tell him that the wall is open,<br>Serge Schmemann is in the thick of things, taking readers along with him<br>as he witnesses the celebration when the wall is opened and the dramatic<br>changes that follow. From this unique perspective, readers learn about the<br>Berlin Wall, its construction, and what it symbolized to the world.