Explain two consequences of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Berlin Wall fell on the 9th November 1989. The wall had been constructed in 1961, making it illegal for citizens to cross it from East Berlin to West Berlin for over twenty years. During these years, up to 239 people were killed attempting to escape East Berlin. An immediate consequence of the wall's collapse was to allow separated families to see one another again freely. A second consequence was that the Berlin Wall's removal acted as a symbol for the fall of communism more broadly. For example, communist regimes in other countries such as Czechoslovakia collapsed not long after in December 1989. Uprisings began to spread across Eastern Europe controlled by the USSR, with the collapse of the Berlin Wall acting as their symbol of hope. Similarly, communism within Germany itself became a far less popular mode of politics after reunification.

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