Now in paperback, current events get in-depth treatment in this exciting seriesproduced 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.This compelling account carries readers back to Berlin, Germany, in 1989,on the night that the Berlin Wall fell. From the moment his East Germanassistant bursts into his West Berlin office to tell him that the wall is open,Serge Schmemann is in the thick of things, taking readers along with himas he witnesses the celebration when the wall is opened and the dramaticchanges that follow. From this unique perspective, readers learn about theBerlin Wall, its construction, and what it symbolized to the world.