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The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlinâs Communist Party announced a change in his cityâs relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the countryâs borders.ntroduction. On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete âAntifascistischer Schutzwall,â or âantifascist bulwark,â between East and West Berlin.
On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, learn 10 surprising facts about the iconic Cold War symbol. On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, learn 10 surprising facts about the iconic Cold War symbol. 1. The fall of the Berlin Wall happened by mistake. At a press conference on the evening of November 9, 1989, East German politburo member GÃ¼nter Schabowski prematurely announced that restrictions on travel visas would be lifted.