Fall of the Berlin Wall - Wikipedia
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 …
Berlin Wall | HISTORY , Dates & The Fall | HISTORY
Dec 15, 2009 · The Berlin Wall stood until November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they …
Berlin Wall - Wikipedia
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ⓘ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin …
Berlin Wall | Definition, Length, & Facts | Britannica
Dec 18, 2024 · Berlin Wall, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. The …
Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world - BBC
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 Fall of the Berlin Wall: History, Meaning, Causes, …
Oct 24, 2016 · In November 1989, the fall of the Berlin Wall changed Germany and the world. It wasn't just about a wall coming down. It was about freedom and ending a big split between …
Why the Berlin Wall rose—and how it fell - National Geographic
Nov 8, 2019 · West Germans scale the Berlin Wall before East German guards as the Cold War barrier came down in November 1989. The ugly symbol of the Cold War was built to keep East …
35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall - deutschland.de
At least 140 people died at the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989 in connection with the GDR’s border regime - most were killed by GDR border guards while attempting to escape. The …
Opening and fall of the Berlin Wall
The part of the Wall that ran through the middle of the city was mostly torn down between June and November 1990. Souvenir hunters from all over the world had managed to obtain a piece …
What Happened the Day the Berlin Wall Fell | TIME
Nov 7, 2019 · Only a few years later, on Nov. 9, 1989, it was not Mr. Gorbachev but the German people who finally tore down the barrier. The story of the Berlin Wall is one of division and …