History 1265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Alexanderplatz Demonstration, Helmut Kohl, Uprising Of 1953 In East Germany
28 Sep 2016
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Lecture 23: the fall of the berlin wall and german reunification. The importance of mr. gorbachev: model of reform: perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness, opening of political life, poland. Single most important uprising against soviet rule. More important than the east german uprising of 1953. Salami socialism bit by bit, slice by slice. East germans went in large numbers to the hungarian border (border between hungary and austria) East german citizens were not under hungarian jurisdiction, so hungarians were unsure whether to let them through or not. Hungarian prime minister flew to bonn to discuss with helmut kohl their problems 1. East germans on the border (who would end up in west. They were deeply indebted and perhaps helmut kohl would bail them out. Soviet reforms did not reach into east germany very much. Some soviet magazines were even banned in east germany: modest divisions in the soviet ruling party. Honecker out of touch in some people"s view.
