Eröffnung der Berliner Mauer (Opening of the Berlin Wall)

Reaction to and perspective of the wall opening on 9 November 1989 Eastern and western Germans today

What happened on 9 November 1989?
- History / Timeline
  1. Looking Back at Fall of the Berlin Wall
  2. Events leading up to the fall of the wall
    - Former East German refugees mark anniversary of 1989 escape to the West
    - How a Leipzig church led to fall of Berlin Wall
    - The demonstration that took down East Germany
    - Meet the man who brought down the Berlin Wall
    - Germany: Merkel thanks Hungary for its role in fall of Berlin Wall
    - Germany urges European unity 30 years after "Prague exodus"
    - Until now it hasn’t been talked about: Remembering East German victims of the Iron Curtain
    - Year 1989 was a year of sweeping changes
  3. Remembering when Germany was split in two
    - History of GDR / German Democratic Republic
    - Berlin: a double take
    - Checkpoint Charlie: Cold War history up close
  4. Berlin: A world city of distinction
- Background / facts and figures
  1. Ten of the most famous quotes about the Berlin Wall
  2. Five things you need to know about the Berlin Wall
  3. Berlin Wall 30 years on: How a Stasi "hero" saved tunnel digger’s life
  4. Pictures of the Berlin Wall
- Remembering the Wall
  1. How Berlin will mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the wall
    - 30th anniversary: 4 ways to commemorate the fall of the Wall in Berlin
    - 30 years on, Berlin Wall comes back to life with virtual reality
    - Central European presidents to celebrate fall of Berlin Wall
    - Germany marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
    - Videos to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall
  2. Anniversaries of Fall of the Wall
    - The Wall came tumbling down. It’s startling to realize how much the world has changed in 10 years.
    - Berlin celebrates wall’s fall 10 years later
    - Berlin commemorates fall of the Wall 23 years ago
    - 25 years after the wall
    - Berlin Wall 25 years later
    - 28th anniversary of fall of the Berlin Wall
    - How united is Germany 28 years after Berlin Wall’s fall?
    - 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
    - 30 years of a reunified Germany
  3. Exhibit Prenzlauer Berg (during and after the Mauerfall)
  4. The Berlin Wall in film
  5. "Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale" premieres in German cinemas
Life in Berlin today
- Trends in life after the wall
  1. How the fall of the Wall changed Berlin’s cityscape
  2. Angela Merkel hails Germany’s progress since fall of Berlin Wall
  3. Berlin: 9 reasons why the German capital city isn’t very German at all
  4. Berlin life after 25 years after the fall
  5. How Germans are reconstructing Stasi files from millions of fragments
  6. Child victims of ex-East German regime to get compensation
  7. Berlin Wall 30th anniversary: 'Then and now' photos reveal city’s transformation.
  8. Opinion: Berlin Wall’s fall did little to help Germany’s guest workers
  9. Berlin bans 'soldiers' at Checkpoint Charlie
  10. Berlin Checkpoint Charlie set for dramatic facelift
  11. Reinvention of Berlin
- Cultural effects of the fall of the wall
  1. Zeitzeugen (witnesses): Meet the Scottish artist who left her mark on the Berlin wall
  2. Berlin football fans knock over mock-up wall before match
  3. German word of the day: der Mauerspecht (chipping pieces of wall)
  4. 'Stasi club' BFC Dynamo: What happened to the record East German champions?
  5. 1989: How reunified Berlin birthed a club culture revolution
- Tourism after the fall of the wall
  1. Top 10 landmarks in Berlin
  2. "Checkpoint Charlie"
  3. The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin landmark

Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall Memorial

Eröffnung der Berliner Mauer (Opening of the Berlin Wall)

Eröffnung der Berliner Mauer(Opening of the Berlin Wall)

November 9

Eröffnung der Berliner Mauer
(Opening of the Berlin Wall)