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The fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌfal] ⓘ) on 9 November 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded.
The Berlin Wall: 1961-1989 . The construction of the Berlin Wall did stop the flood of refugees from East to West, and it did defuse the crisis over Berlin.
BERLIN (AP) — Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the Berlin Wall and other sections of the frontier. East Germany closed the border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, and expanded the Wall into an increasingly ...
The image is unforgettable: Thousands of people clamoring on top of the Berlin Wall, which, until that night on November 9, 1989, had divided the city. For 28 years, it had never looked so small.
Berlin, Germany’s capital, is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall this Friday and Saturday (November 31). The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, an event known as a symbol of freedom and unity, reunited East and West Germany, and this year’s anniversary is being celebrated by a series of events that draw visitors from around the world.
It was on 9 November 1989, five days after half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest, that the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled.
The dramatic fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 signalled the end of the Cold War, triggering the reunification of Germany, the subsequent dissolution of the USSR and the reshaping of Europe. Explore the story of one of the most iconic and defining moments of the 20th century.
With many East Berliners fleeing that situation, a physical barrier between the two sides of Berlin, known as the Berlin Wall (die Berliner Mauer), was built starting in August of 1961. It became...
The Berlin Wall stretched for almost 27 miles across the city and employed landmines, dogs, and barbed wire to discourage escape attempts. Still, over 5,000 people managed to reach western...
East German police sprayed water on West Germans as they broke through the wall at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Nov. 11, 1989. Anthony Suau. By Katrin Bennhold. BERLIN — When Werner ...