Person: Guenter Schabowski

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Official who precipitated fall of Berlin Wall dies aged 86

Guenter Schabowski, the senior East German official whose cryptic announcement that the communist country was opening its fortified border precipitated the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, has died aged 86.

Mon, 02 Nov, 2015

Merkel and Gorbachev mark fall of the wall

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev today crossed a former fortified border to cheers as Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity.

Mon, 09 Nov, 2009

Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling

Twenty years ago tomorrow, they danced on top of the Berlin Wall, feet thudding on the cold concrete, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope.

Sun, 08 Nov, 2009

Germans subdued as they remember wall's fall

Germany marked a subdued 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today, weighed down by high unemployment in the formerly communist east and a sense that in people’s hearts the nation has not yet fully reunited.

Tue, 09 Nov, 2004