This description recounts the historic event of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin. It was a symbol of the Cold War and the Iron Curtain between
The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989 during the Peaceful Revolution, marking the beginning of the destruction of the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. Sections of the wall were breached, 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 in early December, and German reunification took place in October the following year.