On the 13th of June in the year 1990 the official dismantling of the Berlin wall began. The dismantling process was taken under by the East German military and it began from the Bernauer Strabe. Then on the 1st of July the part of Eastern Germany adopted the currency of West Germany, all of the inter German borders were ceased. However the dismantling of the wall continued to be carried out by the military units from East Germany and finally the wall was torn down in the November of 199, however a few short sections and small watch towers were left standing as a memorial to the actual Berlin wall. The Berlin wall was a type of a separation barrier between East Germany and West Germany. This wall was responsible for closing down the border between East and West Germany.