![Quarter century after fall, Berlin Wall-like division flourishes again Quarter century after fall, Berlin Wall-like division flourishes again](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/berlin-wall-rebuilt-ukraine-.si_-310x168.jpg)
Twenty-five years after that embodiment of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, was torn down by ecstatic Germans, the world observes the anniversary as it rushes headlong towards a new confrontation.
As the celebration unfolds in Berlin to rejoice in a unified country – and to some extent a unified world – some of the people who shaped the events two-and-a-half decades ago approach the date in a gloomy mood.