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Date 1990
Participants East Germany • West Germany

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Berlin Wall opening
Mikhail Gorbachev
Changes in Germany's territory and internal status, 1914–90
German reunification
Mass exodus from East Germany in 1989
The unexpected fall of the Berlin Wall explained
The path to German reunification
Introduction of the deutsche mark in East Germany
The political journey of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
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Lothar de Mazière
German politician