Walter Momper was mayor of West Berlin when the Wall came down almost twenty years ago. In the autumn of 1989 city authorities had been preparing for the arrival of East German citizens. Then on November 9, events took an unexpected twist when Günter Schabowski of the East German Politburo announced travel restrictions were to be lifted immediately. Momper spoke to euronews about the day the Wall came down. euronews: Walter Momper, did you contribute to the fall of the Berlin Wall? Let us imagine that through an error you end up in hell. There are two guys sitting on a long table, one is wearing a moustache and his first name is Adolf, the other one also has a moustache and his first names are Iosif Vissarionowich. They find you guilty. What would you reply? Walter Momper: Well, I’m not guilty. On the contrary, I helped pave the way for the opening of the Berlin Wall and with it I made a small contribution to the reunification of Germany and Berlin and Europe – so there is nothing one could be guilty for. On the contrary, Germans are still happy about it today and I am very proud of it. I have no reason to explain myself. euronews: Did November 9 start like any other day? Walter Momper: It was a normal day. But one has to say that every day in the second half of 1989 was connected with a lot of change, first of all in the German Democratic Republic: the civil rights movement, the liberation movement. All these things were on the way. The situation became relatively dramatic because of the increasing numbers of people escaping from the GDR via Hungary and Budapest. One suspected something would happen. We thought there would be a run on the wall, that people wouldn’t accept any longer to leave via Prague or via Budapest. Why not via the border crossings? euronews: When and where did you hear that G...