Summary
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in communist East Germany, joined Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other world leaders at the renowned Brandenberg Gate in Berlin to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a physical barrier between the democracies of the U.S. and Western Europe and the Soviet-dominated East.
For over two decades, the city of Berlin was divided between East and West. Families and friends were split apart by the wall and, though many Easterners tried to escape to the West, many didn't make it.
In this video, NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown looks at where Germany stands today 20 years after the fall of the wall.
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