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11.   Egon Krenz, Last General Secretary of the SED Central Committee (late October 1989)
On October 18, 1989, as indications of the collapse of the GDR were becoming increasingly clear, Erich Honecker yielded to party pressure and resigned after 18....
Egon Krenz, Last General Secretary of the SED Central Committee (late October 1989)
12.   Members of the "Group of 20" with Hans Modrow in Dresden (October/November 1989)
Hans Modrow (middle), first secretary of the SED district leadership in Dresden, Wolfgang Berghofer, lord mayor of Dresden (left, next to Modrow), and members....
Members of the
13.   Mass Demonstration in East Berlin (November 4, 1989)
On November 4, 1989, up to 500,000 people demonstrated peacefully in East Berlin. Oppositional groups and East German artist associations had called for the gathering; it was the largest officially....
Mass Demonstration in East Berlin (November 4, 1989)
14.   Mass Rally on Alexanderplatz in East Berlin (November 4, 1989)
Organized by opposition groups and East German artists' associations, the mass demonstration in East Berlin on November 4, 1989, was the largest officially authorized, non-state organized demonstration....
Mass Rally on Alexanderplatz in East Berlin (November 4, 1989)
15.   Opening of the Berlin Wall: Cheering Berliners on the Wall at Brandenburg Gate (November 9, 1989)
With the GDR leadership under pressure from both ongoing emigration and nationwide protests, the....
Opening of the Berlin Wall: Cheering Berliners on the Wall at Brandenburg Gate (November 9, 1989)
16.   "Welcome Money": GDR Citizens Wait in Line in Front of a Branch of Deutsche Bank in Berlin (November 10, 1989)
Starting in 1970, every East German citizen who traveled to the Federal Republic of Germany was guaranteed financial support from the West German state budget, so-called welcome money. These payments....
17.   Flowers for GDR Border Guards (November 10, 1989)
In the days after the surprising opening of the Wall, hundreds of thousands of East German citizens....
Flowers for GDR Border Guards (November 10, 1989)
18.   The New Forum (November 10-11, 1989)
During the 1980s, the Gethsemane Church in East Berlin was an important meeting place for members of the opposition and the East German peace movement. After the opening of the Berlin Wall on November....
The New Forum (November 10-11, 1989)
19.   Warm Welcome for GDR Citizens in Lübeck (November 11, 1989)
Berlin wasn't the only place where the opening of the border was celebrated. In numerous cities and towns throughout the Federal Republic, West German citizens greeted their "brothers and sisters"....
Warm Welcome for GDR Citizens in Lübeck (November 11, 1989)
20.   Crowd of People at the New Border Crossing on Bernauer Strasse (November 12, 1989)
Thousands of people pour into West Berlin through an opening in the Berlin Wall at Bernauer Strasse. When the new GDR travel regulations took effect on November 9/10, 1989, hundreds of thousands....
Crowd of People at the New Border Crossing on Bernauer Strasse (November 12, 1989)
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