Germany To Mark 20 Years Since Fall Of Berlin Wall

BERLIN - OCTOBER 07: Skateboarders practice under a communist-era statue of Ernst Thaelmann, who led the German Communist Party (KPD) and was executed by the Nazis in 1944, on October 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The statue is a relic of the former, communist East Germany, or DDR, and stands in East Berlin. Germany will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which paved the way for the end of communist rule and later the reunification of East and West Germany, this coming November. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)