Fall of the Berlin Wall from "summary" of Iron Curtain by Anne Applebaum
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was a momentous event that symbolized the end of the Cold War and the division of Europe. The wall had stood for nearly three decades, separating East and West Berlin, and serving as a physical and ideological barrier between the communist world and the democratic West. The fall of the Berlin Wall was not a sudden or spontaneous event, but rather the culmination of years of political, economic, and social change in Eastern Europe. The reforms initiated by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, known as perestroika and glasnost, had opened the door to greater political freedom and economic opportunity in the Eastern bloc countries. In East Germany, dissatisfaction with the repressive regime of Erich Honecker had been growing for years, fueled by economic stagn...
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