| | | CHRONOLOGY: Seemingly minor events in early 1989 led to big changes |  | Advertisements: |
|  08/17/09 August 19, 1989 - A Pan European Picnic is held near the border town of Sopron, Hungary, where attendees peacefully demand an open border. Hundreds of holidaying East Germans crash the event and cross into Austria. August 23, 1989 - On the fiftieth... READ FULL SOURCE |
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Other news08/16/09 In the summer of 1989, as the winds of change were slowly sweeping away the Iron Curtain, tens of thousands of East Germans fled their oppressive communist regime for a new life of freedom in the west.
11/09/09 I remember the news reports saying that the first thing the East Germans did was go to buy televisions. They tied them onto the backs...
11/08/09 On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall finally fell open, allowing thousands of East Germans to cross over into West Berlin after 28 years. More than 800,000 East Germans came over on the first day alone. This monumental event happened after a revolutionary wave gained momentum creating several weeks of civil unrest. After World War II, Germany was defeated and no longer unified. Its conquerors ... Hot themes this week:
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