People and Politics
The Peaceful Revolution
Resentment among the East German population had been increasing for years. In the spring of 1989, developments began to snowball: the growing loss of the country's citizens to the West via Hungary, the weekly demonstrations, Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to coincide with the 40th anniversary of East Germany, and the resignation of party leader Erich Honecker. We chronicle the fall of the communist regime.
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