This paper examines the three major factors between the years of 1986 to 1991 that led up to the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 and further examines the world, in particular, West and East Germany and how political leaders are forced to adapt to changes in technology and how communist countries are influenced by these technological changes. Further, this paper examines the East German people, the youth in particular, and the role they played by taking ownership of their own future as they moved closer to a new millennium. Essay submission was sponsored by Dr. Cedric Bolz (History) for History 1104 and was presented at the Coquitlam campus on April 8, 2025, for Student Research Day 2025.
