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THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
(1989)

On November 9, 1989, East German official Günter Schabowski accidentally triggered the opening of the Berlin Wall during a live press conference. While announcing new travel regulations, he incorrectly stated that they would take effect “immediately.” In reality, the rules were meant to be introduced gradually.

Unaware of this mistake, thousands of East Berliners rushed to border crossings demanding to pass into West Berlin. Unprepared and facing growing crowds, border guards opened the checkpoints without using force, effectively ending the physical division of the city.

This moment became the symbolic fall of the Berlin Wall. It sped up the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe and led directly to German reunification in 1990.