Berlin Wall begins to crumble

Conference

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Source:
OSCE Main Website
Fields of work:
Democratization

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Shortly thereafter, one border crossing opened followed by an onrush of East Berliners heading west.

People began celebrating at the Brandenburg Gate and at the Kurfürstendamm in West Berlin. On 10 November, demolition work began, aiming to create new border crossings. The fall of the Berlin Wall signalled the beginning of the collapse of communism and had dramatic implications for the work of the CSCECSCE
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe.