Tens of thousands celebrate fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago …
5 days ago · BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of people celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany’s capital on Saturday with open-air concerts, art installations and official events commemorating one of the country’s most historic days on Nov. 9, 1989.. It was “a lucky day for which we Germans are still grateful today,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.
The Berlin Wall came down 35 years ago today. Fragments of ... - CBS News
5 days ago · Longtime CBS News journalist Allen Pizzey reflects on the fall of the Berlin Wall 07:25. Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually ...
35 years after the Berlin Wall opened, fragments of East …
6 days ago · The Wall plugged the last gap in the border between east and west. East Germany’s leadership had already sealed off the country’s main frontier with West Germany, snaking from the Baltic Sea to Czechoslovakia, in 1952. It stayed …
The Berlin Wall: A divide that once shaped ... - Associated Press News
6 days ago · As Germany celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago on 9 November 1989, women look back at how different their lives were under communism in East and capitalism in West Germany. (AP video/Fanny Brodersen & Daniel Niemann, Produced/Kerstin Sopke & David Keyton) Read More. By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and KERSTIN SOPKE.
Fall of the Berlin Wall - Wikipedia
The fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌfal] ⓘ) on 9 November 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded.
Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern world - BBC
It was on 9 November 1989, five days after half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest, that the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled.
Why the Berlin Wall rose—and how it fell - National Geographic
Nov 8, 2019 · The Berlin Wall stretched for almost 27 miles across the city and employed landmines, dogs, and barbed wire to discourage escape attempts. Still, over 5,000 people managed to reach western Europe.
How NPR covered the fall of the Berlin Wall 33 years ago : NPR
Nov 7, 2022 · The Berlin Wall, which stood for almost three decades as a fortified monument to the Cold War, began to crumble 33 years ago this week. It finally toppled on Nov. 9, 1989.
The fall of the Berlin Wall: The moment that reshaped Europe - BBC
Nov 8, 2023 · On the evening of 9 November 1989, the BBC's Brian Hanrahan stood amid scenes of jubilation witnessing a moment of history, the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago. But an invisible barrier still ... - CNN
Nov 7, 2019 · The Berlin Wall was torn down 30 years ago. The seismic event sent shock waves across Europe, and sparked hopes for millions of East Germans. But three decades later, an invisible barrier still...