Final days: collapse of the SED of Socialist Unity Party of Germany Top 7 Facts
- 8 years ago
Facts : 1 On the day of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the GDR, 7 October 1989, the old Social Democratic Party was (illegally) refounded
Facts : 2 The rest of October saw widespread protests across the country, including in East Berlin and Leipzig
Facts : 3 He was almost as detested as Honecker himself, and most of the populace remembered that only four months earlier, he d gone to China to thank the regime there for the suppression in Tiananmen Square
Facts : 4 However, he could not (or would not) satisfy the growing demands of the people for increased freedom
Facts : 5 When a reporter asked him when the regulations were to be in place, Schabowski assumed they were already in effect and replied, As far as I know--effective immediately, without delay
Facts : 6 Thousands of East Berliners crowded at the Wall, demanding to be let through
Facts : 7 On 1 December 1989, the GDR parliament (Volkskammer) rescinded the clause in the GDR Constitution enshrining the SED s guaranteed right to rule, formally ending Communist rule in East Germany
Facts : 2 The rest of October saw widespread protests across the country, including in East Berlin and Leipzig
Facts : 3 He was almost as detested as Honecker himself, and most of the populace remembered that only four months earlier, he d gone to China to thank the regime there for the suppression in Tiananmen Square
Facts : 4 However, he could not (or would not) satisfy the growing demands of the people for increased freedom
Facts : 5 When a reporter asked him when the regulations were to be in place, Schabowski assumed they were already in effect and replied, As far as I know--effective immediately, without delay
Facts : 6 Thousands of East Berliners crowded at the Wall, demanding to be let through
Facts : 7 On 1 December 1989, the GDR parliament (Volkskammer) rescinded the clause in the GDR Constitution enshrining the SED s guaranteed right to rule, formally ending Communist rule in East Germany