“20 years ago, Europe managed to avoid a third world war”
The Germans are preparing to celebrate the anniversary of an event that changed the history of Germany and all of Europe - 20 years ago, on November 9, 1989, the 200-kilometer Berlin Wall fell. Former Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), 69-year-old Lothar de Mézières, shared his memories of the events of those days with Vremya Novostey.