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The fall of the Berlin Wall ( German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌfal] ⓘ) on November 9, 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain. It was one of the series of events that started the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, preceded by the Solidarity ...
- 9 November 1989; 33 years ago
Die Mauer. By John Bainbridge. October 19, 1962. Photograph by Imagno / Getty. The wall that divides Berlin is hard to visualize, because it defies comparison. Other things in the city are easy ...
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Nov 9, 2020 · Associated Press/Lionel Cironneau. The Berlin Wall fell 31 years ago, on November 9, 1989. It was a moment that shocked the world and marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War ...
The Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer ( Berlin Wall Memorial) commemorates the division of Berlin by the Berlin Wall and the deaths that occurred there. The monument was created in 1998 by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal State of Berlin. It is located on Bernauer Straße at the corner of Ackerstraße and includes a Chapel of ...
Satellite image of Berlin, with the Wall's location marked in yellow. West and East Berlin borders overlaying a current road map. The Berlin Wall ( German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ⓘ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; West Germany) from 1961 to 1989 ...
- 13 August 1961
- Wall
- 155 km (96.3 mi)
- 9 November 1989 – 1994
The construction of the Berlin Wall. Around 2.7 million people left the GDR and East Berlin between 1949 and 1961, causing increasing difficulties for the leadership of the East German communist party, the SED. Around half of this steady stream of refugees were young people under the age of 25. More information.
When his lungs are empty, he savors the oily-sweet aftertaste of the tobacco and waits until his head goes light before letting himself take another breath. He finishes the cigarette and stares out the window at the Wall— die Mauer. It has been months since the reunification and the end of East Germany, but this part of the Wall still stands.
