When The Berlin Wall Came Tumbling Down In 1989. Escape from east germany was not impossible, however: From 1961 until the wall came down in 1989, more than 5,000 east germans (including some 600 border guards) managed to cross the border by jumping out of windows adjacent to the wall, climbing.
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On november 9, 1989, it was announced by the east german communist party that citizens of the german democratic republic, or east germany, could. The fall of the berlin wall (german: His new book 'the germans and europe:
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The berlin wall fell on november 9, 1989. We went to west berlin on 12 november. Tom brokaw reported live from the berlin wall on november 9, 1989, as the cold war symbol came tumbling down. The best hotels in berlin.
