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Berlin Wallâs fall marked the end of the Cold War for the American public. By Andrew Kohut 1 comment. People gather near a part of the Berlin Wall that has been broken down after the communist German Democratic Republicâs (GDR) decision to open borders between East and West Berlin, circa November 1989.(Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post/Getty Images).he fall of the Wall only improved the American view of Gorbachev. His favorable rating in the U.S. jumped from 40% in 1987 to 77% in the days following the end of divided Berlin, based on surveys by Gallup/Times Mirror and Gallup, respectively.
Nov. 10, 1989: East German border guards try to prevent a crowd climbing onto the Berlin Wall on the morning that the first section was pulled down. Tom Stoddart/ Getty Images. The Berlin Wall stood for nearly 30 years, splitting the city of Berlin into communist East Berlin and democratic West Berlin.Born of the splintering of Germany by the Allies at the end of World War II, the wall was a symbol of communist authoritarianism, the most visible element of the Iron Curtain.It separated families, cut people off from their jobs and left East Germans peering into thÂ­e vibrant west from their drab communist apartments.orn of the splintering of Germany by the Allies at the end of World War II, the wall was a symbol of communist authoritarianism, the most visible element of the Iron Curtain. It separated families, cut people off from their jobs and left East Germans peering into thÂ­e vibrant west from their drab communist apartments.