fall of the Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain's end
The fall of the Berlin Wall refers to the opening of the barrier that divided East and West Berlin, which occurred on November 9, 1989.
The event marked the beginning of German reunification and became the defining symbol of the Cold War's end.
The phrase often stands for the broader collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe: Everything changed after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- reunificationRestoring divided unity
- East meets WestCultural fusion of continents
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- East GermanyFormer communist German state
- West GermanyPostwar democratic German state
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fall of the Berlin WallKristallnacht
1938 anti-Jewish pogrom
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