Fall of the Berlin Wall

• 1.Friends and family reunited for potentially the first time in nearly 30 years.
• 2. Tremendously emotional moment for all people involved as the restrictions were lifted which enabled in the East to be able to travel to the West unimpeded.
• 3. Border crossings were lifted all along the border.
• 4. East and West Germans started breaking up with the wall and many people took souvenirs of the wall to take home. This was a symbolic representation of the end of Soviet domination in East Germany and then the rest of Eastern Europe.
• 5. The East German leader Erich Honecker was sacked as the anti-communist Solidarity movement toppled the old regime.
• 6. By ending the Brezhnev Doctrine, the Berlin Wall fell and showed other anti-communist groups in Eastern Europe that the USSR would not intervene if they tried to topple their own regimes, contributing to the collapse of communism across Europe.
• What event brought friends and family together after nearly 30 years?

  Reunification after the Berlin Wall fell
• Why was the moment of reunion considered emotional?

  Restrictions were lifted, allowing free travel
• What happened to border crossings after the Berlin Wall fell?

  They were lifted all along the border
• What did East and West Germans do with the Berlin Wall?

  They took souvenirs of the wall home
• What did taking souvenirs from the Berlin Wall symbolize?

  The end of Soviet domination in East Germany
• Who was the East German leader that was sacked?

  Erich Honecker
• What movement contributed to the sacking of Erich Honecker?

  The anti-communist Solidarity movement
• What doctrine was ended that contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall?

  The Brezhnev Doctrine
• How did the fall of the Berlin Wall affect other anti-communist groups in Eastern Europe?

  It showed USSR would not intervene against them
• What was a significant outcome of the fall of the Berlin Wall for communism in Europe?

  It contributed to the collapse of communism