Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.....
Item # 726582
November 10, 1989
DER TAGESSPIEGEL--Extra, Berlin, Germany Nov. 10, 1989
* Fall of the Berlin Wall (early report)
* It is BEST to have reports from the city where an event occurred
This four page extra has a great full front page photo showing citizens celebrating on top of the Berlin Wall with banner headline: "Die Nacht der offenen Grenzen in Berlin" (The Night of Open Borders in Berlin). Much more on page 2 & 3 with more photos and headlines that include: "Berlin wird diese Nacht nicht vergessen" (Berlin will not forget this night), "Tausende kamen heute nach West-Berlin" (Thousands came today to West Berlin), "Jubel, Tranen, Umarmungen, Heiterkeit" (Rejoicing, tears, embraces, amusement), and more.
This issue is in excellent condition and one of the best issues to be had on the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Background: The fall of the Berlin Wall on the night of November 9, 1989, stands as the definitive symbol of the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the "Iron Curtain" that had divided Europe since 1945. Triggered by a botched announcement from East German official Günter Schabowski regarding eased travel restrictions, thousands of East Berliners swarmed checkpoints like Checkpoint Charlie and Bornholmer Straße, overwhelming border guards who eventually opened the gates without orders. This event was not merely a local victory for Berliners but a geopolitical earthquake that led to the rapid dissolution of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the formal reunification of Germany less than a year later on October 3, 1990. The sight of citizens from both sides scaling the concrete barrier at the Brandenburg Gate to dismantle the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart" with hammers and chisels signaled the failure of Soviet-style communism in Eastern Europe and paved the way for the eastward expansion of the European Union and NATO, fundamentally reshaping the global order from a bipolar standoff to a new era of liberal democracy.
* Fall of the Berlin Wall (early report)
* It is BEST to have reports from the city where an event occurred
This four page extra has a great full front page photo showing citizens celebrating on top of the Berlin Wall with banner headline: "Die Nacht der offenen Grenzen in Berlin" (The Night of Open Borders in Berlin). Much more on page 2 & 3 with more photos and headlines that include: "Berlin wird diese Nacht nicht vergessen" (Berlin will not forget this night), "Tausende kamen heute nach West-Berlin" (Thousands came today to West Berlin), "Jubel, Tranen, Umarmungen, Heiterkeit" (Rejoicing, tears, embraces, amusement), and more.
This issue is in excellent condition and one of the best issues to be had on the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Background: The fall of the Berlin Wall on the night of November 9, 1989, stands as the definitive symbol of the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the "Iron Curtain" that had divided Europe since 1945. Triggered by a botched announcement from East German official Günter Schabowski regarding eased travel restrictions, thousands of East Berliners swarmed checkpoints like Checkpoint Charlie and Bornholmer Straße, overwhelming border guards who eventually opened the gates without orders. This event was not merely a local victory for Berliners but a geopolitical earthquake that led to the rapid dissolution of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the formal reunification of Germany less than a year later on October 3, 1990. The sight of citizens from both sides scaling the concrete barrier at the Brandenburg Gate to dismantle the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart" with hammers and chisels signaled the failure of Soviet-style communism in Eastern Europe and paved the way for the eastward expansion of the European Union and NATO, fundamentally reshaping the global order from a bipolar standoff to a new era of liberal democracy.
Category: The 20th Century
