If you turn on the television or glance at a newsstand in just about any city lately, it would be hard to miss the coverage on Berlin.  This month marks the 20th anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall.  It was on November 9, 1989 that the wall came down. A wall that was put up by the GDR (German Democratic Republic) to stop East Berliners from escaping.  They were fleeing by the thousands per day, trying to go from Soviet-controlled East Germany to the West, which was then occupied by the Americans, British and French.  I was lucky to visit Berlin and learn about the history up close – stand in front of the last remnants of the wall, watch select artists make their statements and especially follow the parallel lines of cobblestones that trace where the wall was.  To me that was a powerful sight. Read the rest of this story >>