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Contemporary era · 1989

Fall of the Berlin Wall

East Germany opens its border. The Cold War division of Europe begins to end.

Crowds on the Berlin Wall, November 1989
Crowds on the Berlin Wall, November 1989 · Sue Ream , photographer (San Francisco, California), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
1989
Where
Berlin
Era
Contemporary

Topics

Cold War1947 – 1991East Germany1876 – 1990

Before and after

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Sources: Fall of the Berlin Wall, سقوط جدار برلين

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