The Puzzle: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall
The Puzzle: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall
The famous quote "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" was referring to the Berlin Wall in Germany. The wall was a physical barrier that divided East and West Berlin during the Cold War era. It was erected by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1961 to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West.
On June 12, 1987, during a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, U.S. President Ronald Reagan called on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to dismantle the wall as a symbol of the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany.
The quote has since become a symbol of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the reunification of Germany in 1990, marking the end of the Cold War era.