gdr ; collapse ; events leading to wall ; austro-hungarian border

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in late 80s hungarian gov began to do what?
intro reforms
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like allowing other political parties to?
stand in elections / pp in gov
2 of 18
why major concern for SED?
hungary shared land border
3 of 18
on what date did hungary dismantle border with austria?
2nd may '89
4 of 18
SED didn't anticipate what?
that GDR citizens would use hungary to border hop to austria
5 of 18
crossing border still technically illegal but?
not arrested
6 of 18
by summer how many GDR citizens had done that?
30,000
7 of 18
and legally claimed what once in austria?
west german passport
8 of 18
once in frg recieved warmly and often given offers of?
employment / housing
9 of 18
when did hungarian gov lift all restrictions on gdr crossing border?
11th sep '89
10 of 18
also flocked to what in prague / warswa / budapest?
west german embassies
11 of 18
SED tried to respond by doing what?
closing czech border / restricting poland trave
12 of 18
in what month
october
13 of 18
what did honecker call emigrators?
counter-revolutionaries (oh, what a familiar term)
14 of 18
and allowed them what?
exit visas and transport to poland / czechoslovakia
15 of 18
what happened at dresden station?
many more tried to board the train (OF COURS THIS PLAN WASN'T GOING TO ******* WORK U IDIOT)
16 of 18
and images of what played on loop in west?
imprisoning citizens / violently repressign
17 of 18
this western media reached?
GDR (of couse)
18 of 18

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