Günter Schabowski
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Günter Schabowski was a German politician who served as an official of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the ruling party during most of the existence of East Germany. After climbing up the party
Schabowski in 1982
Schabowski in 1951
Günter Schabowski at the Alexanderplatz demonstration on 4 November 1989
The press 9 November 1989 conference which led to the fall of the Wall. Schabowski is seated on stage, second from right. Riccardo Ehrman is seated on the floor of the stage with the table behind him.
Fall of the Berlin Wall
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The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989 during the Peaceful Revolution, marking the beginning of the destruction of the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed an
Günter Schabowski
…Wall's immediate end and raised popular expectations much more rapidly than the government planned. Massive crowds gathered at the Wall the same night, which forced its opening after 28 years. Soon afterward, the entire inner German border was opened; not much later, East Germany ceased to exist. Schabowski was born on 4 January 1929 in…
Germans stand on top of the Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, before this section was torn down in the hours before the West German leader walked through the Gate to greet his East German counterpart.
This section of the Wall's "death strip" featured Czech hedgehogs, a guard tower and a cleared area, 1977.
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