of the berlin wall what happened here exactly 30 years ago as there was a concert there was a big tovan concert his 3rd symphony and at the end the director the conductor stood up and he said the wall must go and then there was a spontaneous spontaneous protest of the concert goers leaving the church and going out into the streets now that wasn't the only event that took place here at the church let me put that into context for you for weeks leading up to the fall of the wall there were vigils candlelight vigils a sea of candles actually if you can imagine just in front of the church and where i'm standing now for weeks with people coming together to raise awareness about protesters who had been imprisoned by the east german regime and that went on for weeks it started with just about 50 people in the few 1st few days and then that grew to the thousands so why don't we take a look back at what happened here they get so many church 30 years ago. in october $989.00 think of so many church in what was then east berlin it became the center of the revolution communist east germany was celebr