CES: "Witnessing the Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Conversation with Tom Brokaw and Mary Elise Sarotte"

Twenty-five years ago this November, the Berlin Wall—infamous symbol of divided Cold War Europe—seemed to be falling. But the opening of the gates wasn’t planned by the East German ruling regime, nor was it the result of a bargain between Reagan, Bush and Gorbachev. It was an accident. Tom Brokaw was there that night, broadcasting live from the Brandenburg Gate. Join Brokaw as he recalls this momentous event and its legacy in conversation with prize-winning historian Mary Sarotte, author of The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall.

Tom Brokaw Special Correspondent, NBC News Mary Elise Sarotte Visiting Professor of Government and History, Harvard University

Sponsors: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies; John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
This event is free and open to the public.

Website: https://forum.iop.harvard.edu/content/upcoming-forumsContact: Roumiana Theunissen, rtheunissen@fas.harvard.edu