Historical event involving the destruction 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 in the days before the Wall was torn down.
Date
9 November 1989; 34 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
Part of a series on the
History of Berlin
Margraviate of Brandenburg (1157–1806)
Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918)
German Empire (1871–1918)
Free State of Prussia (1918–1947)
Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
1920s Berlin
Assassination of Talat Pasha
Greater Berlin Act
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Welthauptstadt Germania
Deportation of Jews from Berlin
Bombing of Berlin in World War II
Battle of Berlin
West Germany and East Germany (1945–1990)
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)
History of Germany and History of Europe
See also
Timeline of Berlin
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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 Movement in Poland. The fall of the inner German border took place shortly afterward. An end to the Cold War was declared at the Malta Summit three weeks later and the German reunification took place in October the following year.
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