- More and more east germans want out
- Escape route via Hungary
- Escape via Prague
- Welcome
- Grassroots organisations shoot up
- New Forum
- Social Democratic Party
- Democratic Awakening
- United Left
- Democracy Now
- Joint Action
- Revolts along the line
- The “20 Group”
- Anniversary protests. 7 October 1989
- Forty years of the GDR
- Protests in Plauen
Demonstrations in East Berlin- East Berlin’s Gethsemane Church
- WE are the People!
- Leipzig awakens
- The decisive day in Leipzig
- The SED’s new tactic
- Dialogue with the state
- The "Turnaround" with Krenz at the helm
- The crumbling system
- Artists protest
- SED pillars in crisis
- Student protests
- Berlin – Alexanderplatz on 4 November 1989
- Demonstrations across the country
- 9 November 1989 - The Fall of the Wall
- The wall
- A new travel law
- Press conferences
- The wall falls
- The battle for power
- Foundation fever
- The people on strike
- The SED saves its skin
- The Stasi must go!
- Occupying the Regional Stasi Offices
- Occupying the Stasi Headquarters
- Citizens’ committees close down the secret police
- The Round Table and the government
Demonstrations in East Berlin
source: Harald Hauswald/OSTKREUZ
Demonstration on East Berlin’s Alexanderplatz, 7 October 1989.
Dokumente
source: Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft
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Numerous witnesses and victims wrote reports on the brutal attacks by security forces in East Berlin on 7 an 8 October 1989. These were releases as an undergrund samizdat publication with a small print-run.
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Video in German
Protest demonstration in East Berlin on 7 October 1989 (Spiegel TV)
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Documents
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Alexanderplatz
Gethsemane Church
Video in German
Demonstrations in East Berlin on 7 October 1989
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Alexanderplatz
Gethsemane Church
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Demonstrations in East Berlin on 7 October 1989
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