Fall of the Berlin Wall

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; 35 years ago (1989-11-09)
Time	18:53–19:01 (CET; UTC+1, press conference)[1]
Location	East Berlin, East Germany West Berlin, West Germany
Cause	Revolutions of 1989

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History of Berlin
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Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918)
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Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
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West Berlin and East Berlin Berlin Wall Berlin Blockade (1948–1949) Berlin Crisis of 1961 "Ich bin ein Berliner" (1963) "Tear down this wall!" (1987) Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)
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See also
Timeline of Berlin
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The fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌfal] ^ⓘ) on 9 November 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and 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.