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Germany reunifies as the Cold War comes to an end between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

1989

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Germany has been divided since 1961 when: "Premier Khrushchev gave the East German government permission to stop the flow of emigrants by closing its border for good" (History.com Editors, 2021), and built the wall that would immediately separate East Germany, which is also known as the "German Democratic Republic," and West Germany.

On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War comes to a close between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of East Berlin announces that the wall will come down, and that citizens of the German Democratic Republic are free to cross the country’s borders.