Twenty years ago today — on Nov. 9, 1989 — crowds swelled at the barrier that divided East and West Berlin as the wall that stood as a symbol of the Cold War came down. Just before midnight, border guards began to allow people to pour from one side of the wall to the other, and East and West Berliners joyously reunited with their friends and relatives.
Where were you when the wall fell? Tell us about how you experienced that moment in history.
On today's Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan will talk with men and women who experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall first-hand: