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Nov 5, 2019 · 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. East...
Fall of the Berlin Wall. Part of the Revolutions of 1989. Germans stand on top of the Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, before this section was torn down on December 9 1989 in the hours before the West German leader walked through the Gate to greet his East German counterpart. Date. 9 November 1989; 34 years ago.
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 repression,...
Dec 15, 2009 · Learn about the Berlin Wall, the symbol of the Cold War that divided East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. See photos of the wall's construction, escape attempts and fall.
Nov 8, 2023 · On 9 November 1989, the Berlin Wall that had long divided the city and its inhabitants crumbled. In this exclusive BBC Archive clip as part of the new series In History, Brian Hanrahan reports...
Nov 8, 2019 · Learn how the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the Cold War, was built in 1961 to stop East Germans from fleeing to the West and how it was torn down in 1989 by a massive democratic movement. Explore the history, the escapes, and the legacy of the wall with photos and facts.
Nov 7, 2014 · Hour by hour, the story grew in excitement: rumors abounded that the Berlin Wall could very well be coming down within days.
