9 nov 1989 anni - Fall of the Berlin Wall

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The Berlin Wall, constructed during the Cold War by the German Democratic Republic, divided East Germany from West Germany from 1961 to 1989. For nearly 30 years, it kept families and friends locked on either side of the wall apart and prevented them from visiting one another. The wall, which was guarded by landmines, attack dogs, and barbed wire, was almost 27 miles long. Over 100,000 people tried to escape, some for political reasons, others because of social events and issues, with many people dying in the process. The Berlin wall represented the 'Iron Curtain' that Churchill had spoke about, erected to prevent the West from having even more influence on the East, and stop the flow of migrants that fled the communist sector.

As one of the final straw's in the Soviet Union's collapse, the fall of the Berlin Wall became one of the Cold War's most iconic images. In the end, the Berlin Wall was not torn down by the Soviet Union, but by the German people, with masses of Germans destroying the wall. The fall of the Berlin Wall was caused by a wave of revolutions that resulted in a bureaucratic mistake (see the video below for more information).The fall of the Berlin Wall represented Germany's reunification and the end of communist governments in the area. his triggered the swift collapse of the other East European regimes and Germany reunited 11 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The fall of the Berlin wall was incredibly significant, ending a story of division and repression, but also the yearning for freedom, the power of people and on a global scale was the symbolic end to the Cold War.

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