Since families and friends had been separated by the Berlin Wall Erected that year by the East German government the barrier kept its citizens from fleeing to West Germany In fact from to the day the structure was built it rsquo s estimated that more than million East Germans had bolted to the West US President Ronald Reagan stood at the wall in and famously said ldquo Tear down this wall rdquo His words reflected a groundswell of change in the region that culminated with the wall being torn down in mdash leading to Germany rsquo s joyous reunification Paul [... more]