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Scaling the Berlin Wall

As the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches, journalist Michael Meyer looks back at the years he spent astride it. An exclusive excerpt from The Year the World Changed.

Michael R. Meyer
Michael R. Meyer
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Michael R. Meyer

Michael R. Meyer

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