Ray, who lives in Abingdon, tells me: “In 1989, I and some RAF Regiment mates ran the Berlin Marathon. As you can see, the Berlin Wall was still intact. “As I thought I would never come back to Berlin ...

BERLIN -- In the evening hours of Nov. 9, 1989 the world watched as East Berliners climbed over the wall for the first time, celebrating a newfound hope and freedom.

Imagine it's 1966, and you're living in East Berlin, a city divided by the infamous Berlin Wall. The East German government, desperate to prevent citizens from fleeing to the West, has fortified ...