What Day Did The Berlin Wall Come Down. In 1961, communist east germany was having trouble keeping its young, educated population five days later, on november 9, 1989, it was schabowski who announced east germany's new travel policy. Though the fall of the berlin wall did not mean its complete physical destruction, the consequences of its opening were indeed lasting.
The construction of the berlin wall did stop the flood of refugees from east to west, and it escape from east germany was not impossible, however:
Bernauer straße became famous for escapes from windows of apartment blocks in the eastern part of the city, down to the street, which was in the west. Built in the middle of the night aug. The guards had no idea what to do, because no formal announcement had been made as to the wall's status. The wall separated east germany from west germany through the middle of the city of berlin during the cold war.