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The inner German border (German: innerdeutsche Grenze or deutsch–deutsche Grenze; initially also Zonengrenze) was the frontier between the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) from 1949 to 1990.
East Germany is the common English name for the historical German state known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR) located in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
2. Okt. 2020 · Thirty years after the border between East and West Germany ceased to exist by the stroke of a pen on Oct. 3, 1990, it remains one of the most important psychological dividers in the country....
- Refugee Crisis of September–November 1989
- Opening of The Border and The Fall of The GDR
- Abandonment of The Border
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Hundreds of thousands of East Germans found an escape route across the border of East Germany's erstwhile ally, Hungary. The inner German border's integrity relied ultimately on other Warsaw Pact states fortifying their own borders and being willing to shoot escapees, including East Germans, around fifty of whom were shot on the borders of Polish P...
The East German government eventually sought to defuse the situation by relaxing the country's border controls. The intention was to allow emigration to West Germany but only after an application had been approved, and similarly to allow thirty-day visas for travel to the West, again on application. Only four million GDR citizens had a passport, so...
Following the opening of the border, it was progressively run down and eventually abandoned. Dozens of new crossings had been opened along the border by February 1990, and the border guards no longer carried weapons or made much effort to check travellers' passports. The border guards' numbers were rapidly reduced. Half were dismissed within five m...
30. Juni 2009 · Wikipedia. 1.5M views 14 years ago. For 28 years, a nearly insurmountable barrier kept people from fleeing East Germany. But then, the dramatic night of November 9, 1989, saw the fall of the...
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East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic, became the Soviet Union's foothold in Western Europe. But Berlin was split four ways, with British, French and American zones...
29. Aug. 2019 · A single watchtower is all that remains of the feared border that once separated East Germany from West Germany on the banks of the river Elbe near the town of Lenzen. In the bad old days, three...
