gdr ; collapse ; events leading to wall ; krenz + opening

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krenz immediately tried distance self from past by doing what?
removing old politburo members like mielke + ejecting honecker / margot / mittag from party
1 of 32
what made him little more than a copy of honekcer > gorby?
admired tiananmen sq + limited reforms
2 of 32
joke: what's the difference between krenz + honecker
krenz's gall bladder is still working
3 of 32
hoped satisfy protestors by relaxing?
some travel restrictions
4 of 32
and met wit?
churhc leaders / new forum
5 of 32
tactical concessions designd to do what?
retan power
6 of 32
propaganda stepped up against FRG claiming?
poor treatment of recent immigrants
7 of 32
1m ppl attended demonstration in berlin on what date?
4th nov
8 of 32
flooded into where broadcast live on GDR tv?
alexanderplatz
9 of 32
2 days later how many ppl marched thru leipzig?
500,000
10 of 32
for the first time cries for what were heard rather than just internal reform?
'germany - one fatherland!"
11 of 32
who were concerned GDR instability would spread to them?
czechoslovakia
12 of 32
krenz forced into?
further travel concessions
13 of 32
between which dates did krenz first promise passports and visas for all east germans?
6-9 nov
14 of 32
then reconmmended?
possession should allow emigration
15 of 32
hoped this would happen orderly and be announced in?
8th nov
16 of 32
to add to confusion whole politburo resigned on morning of?
9th nov
17 of 32
in hope that?
nother reshuffle would convince country they were capable of ruling
18 of 32
what is it a sign of that even this simple announcement went wrong?
disintegration of SED
19 of 32
what was schabowski (new head of media)doing on 9th nov evening?
answering questionsfrom foreign journalists in live GDR press conference while v tired
20 of 32
read from piece of paper from Krenz but?
hadn' t erad it before
21 of 32
laid out permissions for?
private journeys abroad w/ no need to explain
22 of 32
people would be free to do what?
travel any pt gdr
23 of 32
but failed to read key paragraph that announced start date as?
10th nov
24 of 32
when did he saw it wouldhappen?
immediately
25 of 32
with in an hour headline in FRG?
GDR had opened border
26 of 32
crowds overwhelmed border guards that did what?
let few @ time pass until eventually just like hundreds
27 of 32
what happened @ brandenburg gate?
young people climbed on and danced
28 of 32
and @ checkpt charlie?
hundreds on both side while barriers still closed
29 of 32
when did east german commandant open barrier?
11pm
30 of 32
when did GDR announce allborder crossing pts open?
2 past midnight
31 of 32
why did soviet union play most vital pt?
did nothing
32 of 32

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what made him little more than a copy of honekcer > gorby?

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admired tiananmen sq + limited reforms

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joke: what's the difference between krenz + honecker

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hoped satisfy protestors by relaxing?

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and met wit?

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