As Germans celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall—the iconic collapse of communism in Europe—some of them worry that the spirit of Marx stirs in the shadows of the Iron Curtain.
Berliners on Saturday rejoice that what’s left of the slabs of concrete that for decades cut their city in two—one free, one oppressed—is today an artifact on which to display memories, like then-President Reagan calling on Gorbachev to “tear down this wall!”
