As demonstrators in November 1989 climbed on top of the Berlin Wall and headed across the frontier in their thousands - it was clear that Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe was finished.
Bijušais Rietumvācijas kanclers (1969 - 1974) Willy Brandt , izrādās, no 1957. gada līdz 1966. gadam bija arī Berlīnes mērs.