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1/8 The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November, 1989, was one of the most significant events of the 20th century. But why was the Wall built in the first place❓ #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall
1/8 The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November, 1989, was one of the most significant events of the 20th century. But why was the Wall built in the first place❓ #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall
@bbcworldservice 2/8 As political change and civil unrest gripped Eastern Europe 30 years ago, a euphoric crowd of Berliners started to tear down the Wall. What led to that moment? 🤔 #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall
3/8 Shouts of “the Wall must go” began two years earlier. David Bowie was among the performers at a 1987 concert in West Berlin that led to riots #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
4/8 For almost three decades, the Berlin Wall stood as a dividing line between Western Europe and the Soviet Bloc. These two friends believe they were the first to cross it on the night of 9 November #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
5/8 After the fall of the Wall, nothing was the same. Novelist Ingo Schulze explains the positives and negatives faced in his native East Germany #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
6/8 Listen to the podcast Tunnel 29, the extraordinary true story of a man who dug an escape tunnel underneath the Wall - and then went back #Tunnel29 #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/…
7/8 How 1989 reshaped the modern world and helped define a new world order #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…
8/8 A string of events contributed to the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07…
