November 9, 1989 , the day the Berlin Wall fell and the world changed forever . Not even the most astute saw it coming . As Hungary's foreign minister in the late summer of 1989 , Gyula Horn gave the order to let visiting East Germans use his country to do a 400-mile end run around the Berlin Wall , a move now seen as the beginning of the end for hard-line communism in Europe .
november 9 1989 the day the berlin wall fell and the world changed forever not even the most astute saw it coming as hungary s foreign minister in the late summer of 1989 gyula horn gave the order to let visiting east germans use his country to do a 400 mile end run around the berlin wall a move now seen as the beginning of the end for hard line communism in europe