Fall of the Berlin Wall
- Erich Honecker, East German leader ran one of the most repressive Soviet Satellite Gov’t (was bad at maintaing communism)
- In fall of 1989 thousands of demonstrators demanded greater freedoms
- Honecker wanted to shoot them, was overruled by his own gov’t and replaced by Eron Krenz
- On Nov.9 1989 the Berlin Wall was opened and free elections were held
- People began to tear down the wall instead of waiting for the government to take it down
German Reunification
- The West German Christian Democratic Party, led by Helmut Kohl won on a reunification platform
- 30 October, 1990 the two Germany’s became one with Kohl as the Chancellor
Summary
The Fall of the Berlin Wall that happened in 1989 was a giant event that occurred. An east German leader that had ran one of the most repressive Soviet Satellite government (Erich Honcker) played a huge role during this.Over thousands over demonstrators, in the fall during 1989, had demanded greater freedoms. Eron Krenx soon over ruled Honecker because he had a crazy idea to shoot these demonstrators. This was not a good thing. November 9, 1989, free elections were held and freedom occurred because the Berlin Wall was then opened and collapsed.