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  • Headline numbersThe Wall in Numbers
  • Process flowCauses: How 1989 Got There
  • Pull quoteThe Words That Opened It
  • TimelineConsequences
  • SpotlightMy Insight

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The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin, 9 November 1989 · A history event on one page
The Wall in Numbers
Years it stood
28
13 Aug 1961 to 9 Nov 1989
Length
155 km
two walls with a death strip between
Escaped over it
5,000+
of 100,000+ who tried
Killed at the Wall
140+
Berlin Wall Foundation
Causes: How 1989 Got There
1
19 Aug
Hungary's border with Austria opens at the Pan-European Picnic
2
4 Nov
Half a million people protest at Alexanderplatz
3
6 Nov
New travel rules are drafted to calm the protests
4
9 Nov
A spokesman announces the rules by mistake on live TV
The Words That Opened It
As far as I know, it takes effect immediately, without delay.
G
Günter Schabowski
East German spokesman, press conference, 9 Nov 1989
Consequences
9 Nov 1989
Bornholmer Straße opens
Guard commander Harald Jäger lets the crowd through
22 Dec 1989
Brandenburg Gate opens
Chancellor Kohl walks through
3 Oct 1990
Germany reunites
One country again after 41 years
What if?
One unclear answer at a press conference did what years of protest had built up to.
If Schabowski had read his note more carefully, the border might have opened slowly, with permits and queues, instead of in one night.

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