East German border guards shake hands with West German police at a hole in the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, Dec. 22, 1989, after East Germany began removing concrete pieces in order to make an East-West crossing that will be opened to the public Friday morning

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Fall of the Berlin Wall - A crane removes the first large chunk from the Berlin Wall, Dec. 22, 1989.

On 20 September, the Bundestag and the House of the people approve of the Unification Treaty, signed in East Berlin on August 31 September 20 by a majority of two thirds. October 1, Germany, who left the Warsaw Pact, became fully sovereign. The quadripartite Allied powers on Berlin are suspended as of October 3. That same day, October 3 at midnight, the German anthem sounded while the German flag was raised in front of the Reichstag in Berlin. The entire Europe celebrates the German reunification.

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