When The Berlin Wall Fell. A turbulent year had reached a climax. Many climbed the wall at berlin's brandenburg gate, chipping away at the wall itself with hammers and pickaxes.
The berlin wall stood until november 9, 1989, when the head of the east german communist party announced that citizens of the gdr could cross the border whenever they pleased. The berlin wall fell because the will of the people, the spirit of freedom, didn't give up. The fall of the berlin wall happened by mistake.
Though the fall of the berlin wall did not mean its complete physical destruction, the consequences of its opening were indeed lasting.
The fall of the berlin wall (german: By anna tomforde in east when east german television carried the announcement, the station's switchboard was jammed almost instantly as thousands of callers tried to elicit more. It wasn't meant to be like this. Bastian betthäuser, a research fellow at the.