The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders. read more
Soon the wall was gone and Berlin was united for the first time since 1945. “Only today,” one Berliner spray-painted on a piece of the wall, “is the war really over.” The reunification of East and West Germany was made official on October 3, 1990, almost one year after the fall of the Berlin Wall. read more
The "fall of the Berlin Wall" paved the way for German reunification, which formally took place on 3 October 1990. read more
The Berlin Wall fell after 28 years of separating communist East Germany from West Berlin. Learn more about the story of this iconic Cold War symbol. The Berlin Wall fell after 28 years of separating communist East Germany from West Berlin. read more