In 1989 one of the most moving and resounding protests happened in the Baltic states. Two million Baltic citizens influenced the reunification of Germany and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall by forming a human chain almost 600km long. This was in protest of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 50th which deprived them of their national independence. This led to Baltic independence, and paved the way for German reunification.

Txt Source: Rabel, Roberto. “The Fall of a Wall and Its Legacy.” New Zealand International Review, vol. 44, no. 6, Nov. 2019, p. 20. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=139853895&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Img Source: Vasauskas, L. “Baltic Way in Moteris Magazine.” Wikimedia Commons, 23 Aug. 1989, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baltic_Way_in_Moteris_magazine.jpeg.