november 1989 the euphoria was boundless and vote on the scene was the word of the hour in credit deeble people kept saying to each other a miracle it seemed to come to pass in the morning which it appeared so improvable was pierced but that was then and now it's now so we are 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall what happens to the euphoria. of thanks very much for joining us and with me in the studio today i have courts linda fear eka who grew up in the former g.d.r. and was 7 years old when the wall came down today she works as a reporter here at d. w. and just completed a documentary about the full of the war and linda says it's only now 3 decades after the wall came down that we realize how radical the change was for people in the us also with us is anglo-french catherine nicholson she's european affairs editor with the broadcast of france 24 and believes that permanent euphoria is unrealistic it's boring portal to learn lessons from the past she says under a warm welcome to support. freelance journalist only patterson who witnessed the fall of the wall 1st round he points out