"Wall peckers" in Berlin, 10 November 1989. People started tearing down the Berlin Wall on their own. Official demolition began at Potsdamer Platz in November 1989, and continued from 20 February 1990 between the Brandenburg Gate and the border post at Checkpoint Charlie.
Quelle: Bundesregierung/Uwe Rau

The Two Plus Four Agreement

5 May 1990: the first meeting of foreign ministers to discuss the Two Plus Four Agreement, l. to r.: James A. Baker (USA), Eduard Shevardnadze (Soviet Union), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (Federal Republic of Germany), Roland Dumas (France), Markus Meckel (GDR) und Douglas Hurd (Britain).
Quelle: Bundesregierung/Engelbert Reineke
In July 1990, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (seated, r.), West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (seated, l.) and Soviet head of state Mikhail Gorbachev (seated, centre) met in the Caucasus. The talks led to a decisive breakthrough for the international negotiations on German reunification.
Quelle: Bundesregierung/Roberto Pfeil
West German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (front l.) and his Polish counterpart Krzysztof Skubiszewski (front r.) signed the German-Polish border treaty in Warsaw on 14 November 1990. In the centre is Polish prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki.
Quelle: picture-alliance/dpa/Roland Holschneider
When the Two Plus Four Agreement came into force on 3 October 1990, Germany gained full state sovereignty, including the withdrawal of Allied troops. The last Russian divisions left Germany in 1994; the picture shows troops leaving Hillersleben in Saxony-Anhalt on 6 April.
Quelle: picture-alliance/ZB/Peter Förster
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