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==The fall of the Wall==

[[Image:Stamp-ctc-fall-of-the-berlin-wall.jpg|right|thumb|American postage stamp commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall, which marked the symbolic end of the Cold War and the Soviet empire.]]

On [[August 23]], [[1989]], [[Hungary]] removed its border restrictions with [[Austria]], and in September more than 13,000 East Germans escaped through Hungary. Mass demonstrations against the government in East Germany began in the fall of 1989. The leader of the [[German Democratic Republic]], [[Erich Honecker]], resigned on [[October 18]], [[1989]]. He was replaced by a short-lived successor, [[Egon Krenz]], a few days later.