They didn't have much of a choice: The government decided to end travel restrictions, and with the end of those restrictions the Berlin Wall became to the East Germans as much an atrocity as it was for us in the West.
The East Germans wanted to listen to the music, however the East German/Communist police guards didn't allow it so things got ugly.
it was dividing east berlin and west berlin
They couldn't get to work anymore because the wall didnt allow people from the east to commute to the west. They had to find a new job in the east.
Berlin. It was divided into West Berlin (capitalist) and East Berlin (communist) by the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989, and East Berlin and West Berlin were formally reuinted in 1990.
The Berlin Wall was torn down by the East German government, who owned it.
Parts of it, but most of it was torn down by West Berlin excavation companies who had the machines needed to do it right.
They partied!
The tearing down of the Berlin wall occurred in Berlin in 1989. It was torn down and destroyed. This helped unite both East and West Germany.
The Berlin Wall came down in November, 1989. East and West Germany united into a single Germany in October, 1990, with East and West Berlin joining together also. October 3rd, 1990. =]
The collapse of the Soviet Union made it possible for the Berlin Wall to be knocked down so people could travel between East Germany and East Berlin easily.
1989
The address of the East Berlin Community Library is: 105 Locust Street, East Berlin, 17316 0514