Fall of the Berlin Wall
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.
| 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 |
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| Time | 18:53–19:01 (CET; UTC+1, press conference) |
| Location | East Berlin, East Germany West Berlin, West Germany |
| Cause | Revolutions of 1989 |
| History of Berlin |
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| Margraviate of Brandenburg (1157–1806) |
| Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918) |
| German Empire (1871–1918) |
| Free State of Prussia (1918–1947) |
| Weimar Republic (1919–1933) |
| Nazi Germany (1933–1945) |
| West Germany and East Germany (1945–1990) |
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| Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present) |
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