fall of the Berlin Wall

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Cold War event historical event political event

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was a pivotal moment in modern history that symbolized the collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe and the approaching end of the Cold War.

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Label Occurrences
fall of the Berlin Wall canonical 30
Fall of the Berlin Wall 6
Peaceful Revolution in East Germany 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political event ⓘ
cause emigration crisis through Hungary and Czechoslovakia ⓘ
mass protests in East Germany in 1989 ⓘ
political reforms in the Soviet Union ⓘ
weakening of communist regimes in Eastern Europe ⓘ
commemoratedOn November 9 ⓘ
consequence accelerated negotiations on German reunification ⓘ
political liberalization in East Germany ⓘ
restoration of freedom of movement in Berlin ⓘ
shift in European security architecture ⓘ
country East Germany ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
date 1989-11-09 ⓘ
endDate 1989-11-10 ⓘ
followedBy German reunification ⓘ
dissolution of the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance symbol of freedom ⓘ
symbol of the end of European division ⓘ
hasPart opening of border crossings in Berlin ⓘ
physical demolition of sections of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
spontaneous gatherings at border checkpoints ⓘ
televised press conference by Günter Schabowski ⓘ
locatedOn inner German border ⓘ
mainParticipant East Germany ⓘ
surface form: East German government

border guards of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
citizens of East Berlin ⓘ
citizens of West Berlin ⓘ
mediaCoverage live television broadcasts worldwide ⓘ
partOf Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
end of the Cold War ⓘ
place Berlin ⓘ
relatedTo Berlin Wall ⓘ
German Unity Day ⓘ
surface form: German reunification of 1990

Iron Curtain ⓘ
fall of the Berlin Wall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Peaceful Revolution in East Germany
significantPerson Günter Schabowski ⓘ
Hans Modrow ⓘ
Helmut Kohl ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
startDate 1989-11-09 ⓘ
symbolized German reunification ⓘ
approaching end of the Cold War ⓘ
collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe ⓘ
end of division of Europe ⓘ
year 1989 ⓘ

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Subject: fall of the Berlin Wall
Description of subject: The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was a pivotal moment in modern history that symbolized the collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe and the approaching end of the Cold War.

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cold War → hasSignificantEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Eastern Bloc regimes → collapsedDuring → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Revolutions of 1989
Iron Curtain → endedWith → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Berlin Wall → event → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of the Berlin Wall
fall of the Berlin Wall → relatedTo → fall of the Berlin Wall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peaceful Revolution in East Germany
Reagan–Gorbachev summits → contributedTo → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: end of the Cold War
Eastern Europe → hasHistoricalEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of the Berlin Wall
German Unity Day → relatedTo → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of the Berlin Wall
East Berlin → significantEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
American sector of Berlin → historicalEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of the Berlin Wall
Bornholmer Strasse crossing → historicallySignificantFor → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
British sector of Berlin → significantEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Revolutions of 1989 → hasPart → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peaceful Revolution in East Germany
Revolutions of 1989 → hasPart → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of the Berlin Wall
Günter Schabowski → era → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wende in East Germany
Eastern Bloc → significantEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fall of the Berlin Wall
Egon Krenz → oversawEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
West Berlin Allied forces → significantEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Tom Brokaw → reportedOn → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park → relatedTo → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Pan-European Picnic → relatedTo → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
John Simpson → coveredEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
U.S. Army Berlin Brigade → notableEventContext → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Allied-occupied Berlin → significantEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Polish legislative election of 1989 → relatedEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Bösebrücke → partOfEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Zimmerstraße → hasHistoricalEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Two Plus Four Agreement negotiations → precededBy → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Bornholmer Strasse → associatedWith → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Autumn of Nations → includesEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Autumn of Nations in Eastern Europe → hasPart → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Malta Summit → precededBy → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
20th century → hasMajorEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Cold War cinema → influencedBy → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
German Economic, Monetary and Social Union (1990) → precededBy → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Deutschland 89 → mainSubject → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
European security architecture → shapedByEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Peaceful Revolution → hasEffect → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Harald Jäger → participantIn → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Century Trilogy → coversEvent → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
Tear down this wall speech → associatedWith → fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ