Lesson #213
Current EventsGermany, eastern Europe mark 30 years since Berlin Wall’s fall
November 9 marked thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the concrete and razor-wire barrier that sliced through the German capital, symbolizing the differences between the liberal West Germany and the communist East Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in East Germany, said that the occasion reminds us that the values of a liberal democracy need to be continually defended. Plus, learn what it means to "take something for granted."