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Large crowd celebrates on and around the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate Mikhail Gorbachev
Mass exodus from East Germany in 1989
A set of four historical maps showing changes in Germany's territory and internal status from 1914 to 1990. Each map highlights Germany in yellow, illustrating its larger borders in 1914, reduced and redefined borders between 1920 and 1938, division into East and West Germany from 1945 to 1990, and reunified Germany in 1990, with surrounding European countries labeled for context.
The unexpected fall of the Berlin Wall explained
The path to German reunification
Introduction of the deutsche mark in East Germany
East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere signs the German reunification treaty at a table with U.S., British, Soviet, French, and West German officials seated beside him, while Mikhail Gorbachev and others look on in the background. National flags are displayed behind the group.
The Political Journey of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Reunification of Germany: How it happened
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Mass exodus from East Germany in 1989
Learn how East German citizens seeking asylum at the West German embassy in Prague...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Anton Kothe/Dreamstime.com; © Vasile Bobirnac/Dreamstime.com; German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-1990-0228-030/Heintz Hirndorf
The unexpected fall of the Berlin Wall explained
Learn about the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Vasile Bobirnac/Dreamstime.com; © Badboo/Dreamstime.com; German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-1989-1118-018/Robert Roeske
The path to German reunification
Overview of the reunification of Germany, including a discussion of the Berlin Wall's...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Ibrahim/stock.adobe.com
Introduction of the deutsche mark in East Germany
Learn why the deutsche mark's becoming the official currency of East Germany in 1990...
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The Political Journey of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Learn about Helmut Kohl's political career, including his role in the reunification...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Markwaters/Dreamstime.com; © Leklek73/Dreamstime.com
Reunification of Germany: How it happened
Learn about the first free parliamentary elections in East Germany in 1990, which...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © oxinoxi/stock.adobe.com; German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-1990-0318-046
How Mikhail Gorbachev helped end the Cold War and unite Europe
Learn how Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms in the Soviet Union unleashed forces that ended...
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Berlin Wall opening
People from East and West Berlin gathering at the Berlin Wall on November 10, 1989,...
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev (left), general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet...
German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Bild 183-1986-0421-010; photograph, Rainer Mittelstadt
Map of changes in Germany's territory and internal status, 1914–90
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German reunification
The final “two plus four” (East and West Germany, plus the four main Allied powers)...
Vitaly Armand—AFP/Getty Images
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