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      • In October 1989 Erich Honecker resigned as East German leader and the new government promised to open checkpoints. The Berlin Wall was breached on November 9th, due to a misunderstanding. 4. This led to Germans on both sides scaling the wall, defacing it with graffiti and attacking it with picks and sledgehammers.
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  3. www.history.com › topics › cold-warBerlin 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 pleased. That night,...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Fall_of_the_Berlin_WallFall of the Berlin Wall - Wikipedia

    Removal of the Wall began on the evening of 9 November 1989 and continued over the following days and weeks, with people nicknamed Mauerspechte (wallpeckers) using various tools to chip off souvenirs, demolishing lengthy parts in the process, and creating several unofficial border crossings.

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  6. www.bbc.com › news › world-europe-50013048Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world - BBC

    Nov 4, 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...

  7. www.nytimes.com › 2019/11/09 › worldThe Fall of the Berlin Wall in Photos: An Accident of History ...

    Nov 9, 2019 · West Berliners tearing down part of the wall as East German guards looked on, on Nov. 11, 1989. Keith Pannell/Mail on Sunday, via Reuters. Celebrating the fall of the wall at the...

  8. www.bbc.com › culture › articleThe fall of the Berlin Wall: The moment that reshaped Europe

    Nov 8, 2023 · A man attacks the Berlin Wall with a pickaxe on the night of November 9th, 1989. On 9 November 1989, the Berlin Wall that had long divided the city and its inhabitants crumbled. In this...

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  10. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleWhy the Berlin Wall rose—and how it fell - National Geographic

    Nov 8, 2019 · As they celebrated with champagne, music, and tears, Berliners began to literally tear down the wall with sledgehammers and chisels. Less than a month later, the GDR collapsed entirely, and...

  11. time.com › 5720386What 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 repression,...