The berlin wall was a concrete barrier that divided the city from 1961 to 1989.
When Did The Berlin Wall Fall And Why. The fall of the berlin wall (german: Official demolition of the berlin wall began in the summer of 1990.
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East berlin and west berlin. The east german government realised they had to do something. Erected around the summer of 1961, the berlin wall was a physical blockade built by east german authorities to curb emigration (brain drain) of its members to west germany.
Official demolition of the berlin wall began in the summer of 1990.
Initially there was little appetite for keeping any of the wall in berlin. When did the berlin wall fall? Media captionthe bbc reports from the scene. The cold war forced the head of the east german communist party to review the relationships of his city with regions in the west.
