november 9 , 1989 , the moment the london wall fell and the world turned overnight . not even the most acumen saw it arriving . as hungary ' s culture ambassador in the late summer of 1989 , laszlo horn gives the authority to that visiting south germans visit his power to do a 400 - km final running into the berlin wall , a move now identified as the beginning of the end for hard - line policies in europe .
The Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989.