What it was like witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall
When word of crowds gathering at the Berlin Wall reached Europe correspondent Ian Henderson on a cold November day in 1989, ...
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Berlin Wall History: From Rise to Fall (1961-1989)
The history of the Berlin Wall from its construction in 1961 to its fall in 1989. A powerful symbol of the Cold War.
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Despite Bright Hopes of the 1990s, Fall of Berlin Wall Fails To Usher in Global Era of Wider Freedom
As one who shared the hope, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, that representative government, guaranteed liberties, and global capitalism laced with some measure of welfare state ...
Tens of thousands celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago
It was “a lucky day for which we Germans are still grateful today," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said of November 9th 1989 in a ...
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25 years after the fall of Berlin Wall, Europe’s past is being rewritten
she has continued her fight for women's rights in exile Twenty five years ago this autumn the Berlin Wall was pulled down and a wave of euphoria swept not just across that city, but across Europe, and ...
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German election results show stark east-west divide decades after fall of Berlin Wall
The borders remained shut until the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, with Germany reuniting in October 1990. The wall came down amid unrest in East Germany and a wave of revolutions in the ...
SBS50: Biggest Stories 1989
In 1989, after almost 30 years of division, the Berlin Wall came down paving the way for German re-unification. On November ...
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“The main credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall belongs to Pope John Paul II”
“The first wall to fall was pushed over in 1980 in the Polish shipyards. Later, other symbolic walls came down, and the Germans, of course, tore down the literal wall in Berlin. The fall of the ...
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How the fall of the Berlin Wall inspired filmmakers
Starting on Friday the city of Berlin will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most momentous geopolitical events of the 20th century. Germany was ...