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  2. Bornholmer Straße border crossing - Wikipedia

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    Immediately after news of East Germany's somewhat mistaken announcement on the removal of border controls by Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) official Günter Schabowski was broadcast at 8:00pm on 9 November 1989, [1] thousands of East Germans began gathering at the Bornholmer Straße border crossing, demanding that border guards immediately open its gates to let them through to West Berlin.

  3. Fall of the inner German border - Wikipedia

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    Scene at the Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing into East Germany in November 1989, after the freeing of travel restrictions.. The fall of inner German border, also known as the opening of the inner German border (German: Öffnung der innerdeutschen Grenze), rapidly and unexpectedly occurred in November 1989, along with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

  4. Removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria - Wikipedia

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    Hungary–Austria border near Sopron, Hungary. The removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria occurred in 1989 during the end of communism in Hungary, which was part of a broad wave of revolutions in various communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The border was still closely guarded and the Hungarian security forces tried to ...

  5. Pan-European Picnic - Wikipedia

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    The official emblem of the Pan-European Picnic in Hungarian The border crossing where the Pan-European picnic took place. The Pan-European Picnic (German: Paneuropäisches Picknick; Hungarian: Páneurópai piknik; Slovak: Paneurópsky piknik; Czech: Panevropský piknik) was a peace demonstration held on the Austrian-Hungarian border near Sopron, Hungary on 19 August 1989.

  6. After record-breaking years, migrant crossings plunge at US ...

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    In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the global social and economic upheaval that followed, migrants ignored her message and came to the U.S. border in massive numbers. Illegal crossings ...

  7. Inner German border - Wikipedia

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    The closure of the border had a substantial economic and social impact on both countries. Cross-border transport links were largely severed; 10 main railway lines, 24 secondary lines, 23 autobahns or national roads, 140 regional roads and thousands of smaller roads, paths and waterways were blocked or otherwise interrupted. The tightest level ...

  8. Berlin Wall relic gets a 'second life' on US-Mexico border as ...

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    She and their 9-year-old son used to cross the border between Tijuana and San Diego. ... Shards of the Berlin Wall scattered worldwide after it crumbled in 1989, with collectors putting them in ...

  9. Fact check: Meme misrepresents Biden's actions on border and ...

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    A meme criticizing the Biden administration for having "open borders" and "empty schools" uses a photo of Israel-West Bank border. We rate it false.