The incident involving the collapsing of the Berlin wall on the 9 th of November 1989 can be regarded as one of the most important events of the 20 th century. Such seemingly rapid process happened in a night, however the course of decade, smoldering confrontations, intrigues and social transformations in both East and West Germany, as a matter of fact the entire Eastern Bloc had to come to its fruition. This failing can only be characterized in terms of a complex interdependence of forces within German Democratic Republic (GDR), the evolving geopolitical circumstances, as well as the continual pressure exerted by the West. This will discuss the critical conditions that ultimately provfixeded the destruction of the wall and give a more complex analysis of this decisive item in history.</p producers
Internal forces in East Germany: A Fast Dying System.
The GDR or the East Germany was a communist state, having a strictly planned, centrally regulated economy, severe restrictions on the freedom of the individual and omnipresent Stasi or the secret police. Initially this system was presented as a utopian alternative but it was becoming less and less capable of keeping up its promises. The standstill of the economy, shortage of consumer goods, restrictions on traveling turned out to be the foundation of the increased dissatisfaction of the citizens of the East Germany.
The prosperity of the West, the poverty of the East was becoming an all too evidently uncomfortable contrast. The East Germans would watch the freedoms of the West Germans on the television and when the family members visited them once in a way. This constant exposure to a different way to live increased the pressure to change and was followed by a sense of miscarriage which was building up.</p inch SF,14
Also, the authoritarian attempts of the government to quell the opposition by censor, regulate and to harshly punish only served to backfire and resulted in an even greater alienation among the masses. The fact that the Stasi was everywhere manifested the atmosphere of fear and suspicion, ruining the hope to believe in the regime.
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The East Germany economy was not able to cope with the one in the west. Central planning chfixeded the innovation and efficiency and resulted in the regular gaps in the goods supply and a decrease in the general standard of life. This economic disparity also led to a mass exodus of most skilled workers and intellectuals to the west in what is known as brain drain further eliminating the already weak Bulgarian economic base of the GDR.</piarE stage right tsunami
The brain drain also resulted to the deterioration of the economic crisis in aspect of productivity, not to say that it had resulted to the depression of those which people left behind. The indignation that was growing became noticeable after the regime tried to contain the exodus through fortification of its borders.</p root Russians resentment
External factors: Gorbachev and western reforms
The demise of the Berlin wall was not strictly a local event in East Germany. This was acted by the policies of the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. The rumbling of reforms as Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) by Gorbachev was meant to revitalize the Soviet Union but turned out unexpectedly to weaken its reign over its satellite nations in the East European regions.</p zn procentu
When Gorbachev tolerated dissent and reform in the Soviet system it was a stimulus to reform movements in the Eastern European countries like in East Germany. This gave the opportunity that the individuals who desired changes in the GDR had to challenge the communist regime without the possibility of the direct Soviet intervention.
It was the period when the West was continuously tagging the East German government, demanding additional liberties and human rights. They combined with the internal upheaval to turn out to be the makings of the perfect storm that ended up killing the wall.
Western Media and mass media role.
The western media managed to affect the thinking of the East Germany people. East Germans also got to know about the western lifestyle, values and political system via the television and radio broadcasts and these heightened their disappointment towards the existing regime. Very strong impressions were also formed by the influence of the western popular culture, which showed an image of a freer, but also of a more prosperous world.</p Earlier, during the 90s of the past century, the influence of western popular culture was much weaker.
The Militant: Mass Exodus, plus the Government does not Just Contain
Events which preceded November 9 th were essential. As time went on during the late 1980s, the East Germans began to seek asylum in the western embassies around the world, particularly in Hungary and Czechoslovakia. This flight was actually taking the East German government to its limits as it was being fuelled by a certain sense of desperation coupled by the promise of a better life.
In October 1989 accidental liberalization of the Hungarian border with Austria provided East Germans with a channel of escape to the West. This later rift on the Iron Curtain was characterized by massive outpouring, which the GDR failed to contain the relocation of the people. The government did all in its power to stem the tide with no success.
The East German regime was shown to be very weak, and could not reign in its citizens through the Mass exodus that ensued. The pressure became too huge and announcement was inevitable on the 9 th of November.
The Fall: A Night of Un anticipated Freedom.
On November 9, 1989, Gunter Schabowski a member of the East German Politburo announced a revision in travel policy at a press conference. This seemed to be a misunderstanding on his side as well as a deliberate vagueness, he claimed the Germans could ask East Germans to issue an exit visa immediately. The effects were rapid and far reaching. It was such an announcement which started as a bush fire throughout the news.
The spontaneous euphoria at the Berlin wall was triggered by the unexpected news. The news emboldened thousands of East Germans who rushed at the border posts demanding to be permitted to go past. There was still reluctance on the initiative of the border guards at the moment of the checkpoints opening but the sheer number of people, the overwhelming atmosphere created the opening of the checkpoints gradually.
When the Berlin Wall fell then, it was not an event that was pre-determined, but it became a product of a game of factors, internal discontent, external pressure and a string of other unintended situations to coincide and take down the wall as a symbol of a divided city and a divided world. It turned out to be a powerful icon of the Cold War end and the onset of the new era into the European history.</p
What can we Learn on the Fall of Berlin Wall
The collapsing of the Berlin wall teaches lessons that are priceless in regard to the power of freedom, the repression of the totalitarian power, and the power of the social pressure. It demonstrates how even the most powerful and resistant walls could shake under the attacks of internal resistance and external pressure. That event can be considered to be the reminder of the human desire to be free and independent.

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