On Nov 9, 1989, a fumbled East German press conference announced new travel rules "effective immediately." Thousands walked to the Wall's crossing, guards without clear orders waved them through, and by midnight East and West Berliners embraced atop 28 years of concrete. That gate-raise at Bornholmer Straße unraveled the Soviet bloc within two years and shaped Europe's entire post-Cold War order. #History #OnThisDay #ColdWar #BerlinWall
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On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete barrier, between East and West Berlin, which came to be known as the Berlin Wall.
28 years later, on November 9, 1989, the Wall came crashing down, heralding an end to the Cold War.
#History #BerlinWall
https://traffic.libsyn.com/yinhistory/EP132-BerlinWall.mp3
On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete barrier, between East and West Berlin, which came to be known as the Berlin Wall. The primary aim was to prevent mass exodus of East Germans into the affluent West Germany.
28 years later, on November 9, 1989, the Wall came crashing down, heralding an end to the Cold War.
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD
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