for months premie singh's had been held at leipsic said nicholas church on september 4th catalan hutton how a one felt a banner it called for an open country with free people the protest was captured on film by western media. it was important to us that our own people in our country could see it and they could see oh wow there is something that has started in life and it's not as g.d.r. media tells its like they are criminals and they want to destroy our country know their girls they could be my friend they could be my daughter she was imprisoned soon after for riotous assembly but by october 9th knowledge of the growing protests had spread bands like the best and. it was clear throughout what was at stake. vance for post that our own town full of soldiers and police on call snipers were on the roofs in downtown life in the hospitals blood reserves were being stocked up. on who was on bomb who can. put the protesters marched peacefully around the city of lights like in the following weeks the demonstrations continue to grow and within a month the berlin wall had fallen i think it grew a