Berlin Wall Falls
柏林圍牆被迫開放
Source: The Night That Changed Many Lives: 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
From: Earth Illustrated
Date: November 9, 2014. Author: Ah-ka
On November 9, 2014, Germans celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall. In the late summer and early autumn of 1989, voices inside East Germany calling for the Wall to come down grew ever louder; many people, unable to endure the wait, rushed into embassies in Warsaw, Prague, and other cities, while soldiers were constantly seen at the border blocking crowds from flooding through. In November 1989, more than one million East Germans demonstrated, demanding an end to the East German government — a number equal to ten percent of the German population at the time. Finally, on November 9, the East German government announced it was opening its borders to other countries.
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- The 1989 Eastern Bloc Collapse: East Germany Surrenders to the Federal Republic (Daily Headlines)
- Berlin Wall (Wikipedia)
- From the Moment the Berlin Wall Fell, This Nation Faced a Future Without Answers (Stories)
- [Age of Resistance] The 1989 Leipzig Monday Demonstrations / Kuo Chih-chia (Home Stage Bloggers)
- Twenty Years after the Berlin Wall: East Germany Is Still East Germany (POkey)
- Germany: 25th Anniversary Commemorations of the Berlin Wall’s Fall (International Workers’ Committee, Taiwan Branch)