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Diplomatic documents · 1989–1990

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A selection of telegrams, memos, minutes and letters from embassies and foreign ministries in eleven countries, set against the events from autumn 1989 to German unity.

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Sep 1989OctNovDecJan 1990FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovHungary opens its border to Austria for GDR citizensMonday demonstration in LeipzigHonecker is replaced by Egon Krenz as SED General SecretaryThe Berlin Wall opensKohl presents his Ten-Point PlanThe Brandenburg Gate reopensOttawa: agreement on the Two-plus-Four talksFirst free elections to the GDR People’s ChamberFirst Two-plus-Four ministerial meeting in BonnMonetary, economic and social union enters into forceArkhyz, Caucasus: Kohl and Gorbachev agree on a united Germany in NATOUnification Treaty signedTwo-plus-Four Treaty signed in MoscowGerman reunificationGerman–Polish Border Treaty signed

Brandenburger Tor, 30 Jahre Mauerfall (2019): New York-air, CC BY-SA 4.0

  1. September 1989

  2. Hungary opens its border to Austria for GDR citizens

  4. Monday demonstration in Leipzig

  5. Honecker is replaced by Egon Krenz as SED General Secretary

  6. The Berlin Wall opens

  7. Kohl presents his Ten-Point Plan

  8. The Brandenburg Gate reopens

  9. February 1990

  11. Ottawa: agreement on the Two-plus-Four talks

  12. March 1990

  13. Soviet UnionDeclarationdodis.ch/53316

    Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Eduard Shevardnadze

    Unequivocally accepting the right of the German people to proceed with the unification of their country, the main conditions to be observed in this process by the USSR and its Western partners are summarized and then discussed in detail.

    Eduard Shevardnadze, USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Ministry of Foreign Affairs–

    Prague, 17 March 1990

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  14. First free elections to the GDR People’s Chamber

  15. April 1990

  16. SwitzerlandMemododis.ch/49550

    Interne Notiz des Eidgenösssichen Departements für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

    Der Botschafter der DDR in der Schweiz, E. Bikow, sucht das eidgenössische Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten auf, um eine Erklärung der Volkskammer zu übergeben und über die bilateralen Beziehungen, insbesondere über Visafragen, zu sprechen. Darin: Gemeinsame Erklärung aller Fraktionen der Volkskammer vom 12.4.1990

    Daniel Woker, EDA · Politische Direktion · Politische Abteilung I–

    Bern, 18. April 1990

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  17. First Two-plus-Four ministerial meeting in Bonn

  18. Monetary, economic and social union enters into force

  19. Arkhyz, Caucasus: Kohl and Gorbachev agree on a united Germany in NATO

  20. Unification Treaty signed

  21. Two-plus-Four Treaty signed in Moscow

  22. October 1990

  23. SwitzerlandPolitical reportVertraulichdodis.ch/49561

    Politischer Bericht des schweizerischen Botschafters in Ost-Berlin, Franz Birrer

    Einschätzungen zur Auflösung der DDR und deren Anschluss an die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, wobei insbesondere die Beschleunigung des Wiedervereinigungsprozesses seit den Ereignissen an der Berliner Mauer und deren negativen Konsequenzen für die DDR betont werden.

    Franz Birrer, Swiss Embassy in East BerlinFederal Department for Foreign Affairs

    Berlin/DDR, 2. Oktober 1990

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  24. German reunification

  25. German–Polish Border Treaty signed