Fortune visited all of us at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

GDR opening of the border in 1989 at the Helmstedt/Marienborn border crossing.

In the early morning of November 10, 21989, the day after the fall of the wall, the square at the Brandenburg Gate at the Berlin Wall is empty.