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You can find further interviews with contemporary witnesses at http://www.zeitzeugen-portal.de under "periods", "topics" or "people". German unity was his goal, which he formulated in his 10-point program before the Bundestag just a few weeks after the fall of the Wall. What followed were nerve-racking months in which the main aim was to dispel the Allies' mistrust of a united Germany. Here Helmut Kohl remembers negotiations that lasted all night, dramatic and emotional moments in the tense period after the fall of the Wall. (Rights: © ZDF)