Fall of the Berlin Wall
Historical event involving the destruction of the Berlin Wall / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌfal] ⓘ) on November 9, 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East German transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. Sections of the wall were breached over the following months, and planned deconstruction began the following June. It was one of the series of events that started the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. The fall of the inner German border took place shortly afterward. An end to the Cold War was declared at the Malta Summit three weeks later and the German reunification took place in October the following year.
Part of the Revolutions of 1989 | |
Date | 9 November 1989; 34 years ago (1989-11-09) |
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Time | 18:53–19:01 (CET; UTC+1, press conference)[1] |
Location | East Berlin, East Germany West Berlin, West Germany |
Cause | Revolutions of 1989 |