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Tag: East Germany

Podcast

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

9th November 2019
Tagged as: Berlin, Berlin Wall, Cold War, Communism, East Germany, Europe, Germany, Politics, West Germany

In the evening of the 9^th November 1989, the East German government opened the Berlin Wall after central committee spokesman Guenter Schabowski mistakenly announced that GDR citizens could cross into West Berlin with immediate effect.

Podcast

10th September 1989: Hungary allows East Germans into Austria

10th September 2019
Tagged as: Austria, Cold War, East Germany, Germany, Hungary, Iron Curtain, Refugees

On the 10^th September 1989, the Hungarian government announced the opening of the border with Austria to allow thousands of East Germans to leave the Communist Bloc.