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The 29 pages that link to Fall of the Berlin Wall, each with the reason it gives.

• German reunificationRelated: The border opening made division’s end immediate and strengthened demands for unity.

• Velvet RevolutionRelated: It showed that Communist rule elsewhere in the region could end rapidly and without Soviet intervention.

• EurocommunismRelated: The collapse of Soviet-bloc communism transformed the political setting in which Eurocommunist parties operated.

• Eastern BlocRelated: It became the most visible symbol of the bloc’s rapid collapse.

• Enlargement of the European UnionRelated: The end of Cold War divisions made eastern enlargement politically possible.

• 1990 FIFA World CupRelated: The wall's fall preceded the tournament and marked the political changes surrounding Germany's impending reunification.

• Two Plus Four AgreementRelated: The opening made German reunification an immediate political question.

• West BerlinRelated: It removed the physical division that had constrained West Berlin for nearly three decades.

• SovietizationRelated: It marked the collapse of a central symbol of Soviet-backed rule in Eastern Europe.

• European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentRelated: The upheaval helped create the political opening for a bank devoted to economic transition.

• Peter JenningsRelated: Jennings reported from Berlin as the wall opened, one of his defining live-news assignments.

• East BerlinRelated: It ended the barrier that had separated East Berlin from the West.

• 1990sRelated: It set the political transition in motion just before the decade began.

• Erich MielkeRelated: The opening of the border accelerated the political collapse that ended Mielke’s power.

• Berlin U-BahnRelated: Reopening the border made restoration of interrupted U-Bahn connections possible.

• Brandenburg GateRelated: Crowds gathered at the gate as the barrier dividing the city opened.

• David HasselhoffRelated: Hasselhoff's later performance near the wall became linked in public memory with its opening.

• Short twentieth centuryRelated: It signaled the unraveling of the European order that preceded the Soviet Union’s dissolution.

• Contemporary eraRelated: Its aftermath marks a later proposed beginning of the contemporary era.