The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989
•Erich Honecker, East German leader ran one of the most repressive Soviet Satellite gov’t
•In fall of 1989 thousands of demonstrators demanded greater freedoms
•Honecker wanted to shoot them, was overruled and replaced by Eron Krenz
•On Nov. 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall was opened and free elections were held
•In fall of 1989 thousands of demonstrators demanded greater freedoms
•Honecker wanted to shoot them, was overruled and replaced by Eron Krenz
•On Nov. 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall was opened and free elections were held
To find the cause of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one must look, not in Germany, but in the Soviet Union. The change began when Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union in 1985.