The Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
This description details the events that occurred in 1989 when the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the Cold War, was finally brought down. On November 9, 1989, the East German government announced that citizens of East and West Germany were free to cross the border. This announcement marked the end of the
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.