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Call for an Open Dialogue: Egon Krenz’s Government Program (October 24, 1989)
On October 18, 1989, Erich Honecker was forced to resign, and his hand-picked successor, Egon Krenz, assumed the leadership....
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CDU Election Promises (January 22, 1990)
After casting off its longstanding collaboration with the communist regime, the East German CDU came together with other conservative groups in a so-called Alliance for Germany. With the help of....
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DaimlerChrysler Chairman Jürgen Schrempp Defends Globalization as an Opportunity (July 2, 1999)
Countering the strident criticism of the left, DaimlerChrysler chairman
Jürgen Schrempp defends globalization as an opportunity to increase worldwide prosperity....
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Focus on German Unification (January 30, 1991)
Against the backdrop of the Iraq war of 1990-91, Chancellor Helmut Kohl assures the Western alliance partners of German solidarity before moving on to his real subject, German unification. Kohl explains....
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The First All-German Elections (November 30, 1990)
Helmut Kohl’s victory was already a foregone conclusion weeks before the early Bundestag elections in 1990. The situation, according to renowned journalist Robert....
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The Hopes of East German Refugees (August 8, 1989)
On May 2, 1989, Hungary began dismantling its fortified border with Austria, stripping away barbed wire fences and removing detection devices. During the summer of 1989, it became increasingly easy....
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The Storming of the Stasi Headquarters (January 16, 1990)
The PDS-led government’s plan to merely restructure – rather than disband – the hated secret police [Stasi] prompted angry citizens to storm its headquarters. Their goal was to force the complete....
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European and German Unification – A Package Deal (1990)
The former president of the German Central Bank, Hans Tietmeyer, recalls how Chancellor Helmut Kohl sought to calm international....
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The Reestablishment of the Länder (April 19, 1990)
When the German Democratic Republic was founded in 1949, it consisted of five Länder – Mecklenburg,....
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Pluralization of Forms of Living (1995)
Since the 1960s, the federal government has presented regular reports on the status of the family in Germany. The fifth report offers an overview of household and family structures in unified Germany.....
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