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Email. The Berlin Wall came down 25 years ago today. Built in the middle of the night Aug. 13, 1961, the wall divided East and West Germany for 28 years to stop East Germans from leaving the Soviet Union-occupied country for the capitalist western state. SLIDESHOW: 'Tear Down This Wall!'. Over the years, what began as a simple fence turned into a concrete wall that separated the capital and became a focal point of the Cold War. On Nov. 9, 1989, the East German government announced its citizens could move west.
When the Berlin Wall was opened on November 9, 1989 it marked for many the symbolic end of that war. Back to The Cold War Chronology To find the cause of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one must look, not in Germany, but in the Soviet Union.The change began when Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union in 1985.hen the Berlin Wall was opened on November 9, 1989 it marked for many the symbolic end of that war. Back to The Cold War Chronology To find the cause of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one must look, not in Germany, but in the Soviet Union. The change began when Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union in 1985.