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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 9th 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.

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

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7th October 1949: East Germany founded in the Soviet zone

  • 7th October 2018
  • Tagged as: Berlin Wall, Cold War, Communism, East Germany, Germany, USSR, West Germany

On the 7th October 1949 the German Democratic Republic, otherwise known as East Germany, was founded in the Soviet occupied zone of Germany.

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