Dat zou nog enige tijd op zich laten wachten, tot de stakingen in Polen in 1970, die uitmondden in de erkenning van Solidarnosc, tien jaar later, als de pikhouweel die de muur zou slopen.
It took a long time, until the strikes in Poland in 1970, which led to the recognition of Solidarnosc, ten years later, which was the pickaxe that brought the wall down.