1 Nov 1989 Jahr - THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

Beschreibung:

Inspired by their neighbours' reforms, east Germans took to
the streets in the summer and fall of 1989 to call for reforms,
including freedom to visit West Berlin and West Germany.
Moscow's refusal to use military force to buoy the regime of
East German leader Erich Honecker led to his replacement and
the initiation of political reforms, leading up to the fateful
decision to open the border crossings on the night of
November 9, 1989. That night, the Berlin Wall--the most
potent symbol of the Cold War division of Europe--came down.
Earlier that day, the communist authorities of the German
Democratic Republic had announced the removal of travel
restrictions to democratic West Berlin. Thousands of East
Germans streamed into the West, and in the course of the
night, celebrants on both sides of the wall tore it down.