The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, was the most significant single event in post-war German history. This documentary covers the period from August, 1989, when the first people fled to the West through Hungary, to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Several of the people who took part in the events were interviewed, including Jeannette Kretzschmann, whose daring flight across the Hungarian border was secretly videotaped.

In Focus documentaries and reports cover business and science, culture and education, historical and present day events as well as sports and leisure. This wide variety of topics is investigated in depth and presented in an informative format, making for captivating television, courtesy of Germany's Deutsche Welle news network.