The Telegraph: Berlin Wall anniversary: Nicolas Sarkozy 'used pickaxe' after rushing from Paris

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has shared his memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall, telling his Facebook fans he chipped away at the concrete slabs with a pickaxe on November 9, 1989. Mr Sarkozy posted his personal account as he headed to Berlin to join European leaders for joyous celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Wall. The president recounted that he traveled to Berlin from Paris on the morning of November 9 after hearing the first news reports of the mass influx of East Germans to West Berlin.Then a 34-year-old member of parliament, Mr Sarkozy was with other French politicians who headed straight for the Brandenburg gates "where an enthusiastic crowd had gathered to welcome the looming opening of the Wall". "We then headed for Checkpoint Charlie to see the eastern side of the city and finally confront this wall and I was able to take a pickaxe to it," recounted Mr Sarkozy.