Peter Wyden talked about the process he used for writing his book about East Berlin. Topics included the stories of escapes and attempts, the relationship between East and West Berliners, the life inside of a police state, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He argued that Germany would not reunite, an act that occurred approximately one month after his book was published.

Peter Wyden is the author of Wall: The Inside Story of Divided Berlin, published by Simon and Schuster.