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Glienicke Bridge border crossing, Potsdam 1989

Potsdamers, West Berliners and border guards celebrate New Year's Eve together on the Glienicke Bridge. Photo. MAZ/Michael Hübner, 12/31/1989 [automated translation]

Glienicke Bridge border crossing

Potsdamers, West Berliners and border guards celebrate New Year's Eve together from the Glienicke Bridge. Bridge of Unity. Border opening. GDR. historical. Turning point. Turning point, Photo: MAZ/Michael Hübner, 31.12.1989 [automated translation]

Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan bei der Generalprobe für das Neujahrskonzert. Wien. 31. Dezember 1989.

Hans Modrow, 1989

The PDS politician and former East German Prime Minister Hans Modrow (photo) celebrates his 75th birthday on January 27, 2003.

Reunification, 1990

GDR, Berlin, 30.12.1989, collecting signatures for a united Germany (with God's help), in Eberswalder Straße, [automated translation]

Reunification, 1990

GDR, Berlin, 30.12.1989, collecting signatures for a united Germany (with God's help), in Eberswalder Straße, [automated translation]

Opening of the Wall, 1990

GDR, Berlin, 30.12.1989, ATA graffiti, on the wall at Oderberger Straße, where a border crossing had been established, [automated translation]

Mario Soares, Vaclav Havel

President Mario Soares of Portugal, center, and Czechoslovak president Vaclav Havel,left, meet people on their way to lay flowers at St. Wenceslas monument in Prague on December 30, 1989, one day after Havel was elected the first post-communist president. CTK Photo/Zuzana Humpalova

Mario Soares, Vaclav Havel

President Mario Soares of Portugal, right, and Czechoslovak president Vaclav Havel get in a car during Soares´ visit to Prague on December 30, 1989, one day after Havel was elected the first post-communist president. CTK Photo/Zuzana Humpalova

Vaclav HAVEL, Olga HAVLOVA, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Accompanied by his wife Olga Vaclav Havel addresses from the balcony people on the courtyard after the inauguration ceremony. (CTK Photo/Karel Vlcek)

Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

Vaclav HAVEL, Miroslav VACEK, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Accompanied by defence minister Miroslav Vacek, left, Vaclav Havel inspects the guard of honour after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo

Alexander DUBCEK, Marian CALFA, Vaclav HAVEL, president, inaguration, election, Prague Castle

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Accompanied by chairman (Speaker) of the Federal Assembly (Parliament) Alexander Dubcek, right, and premier Marian Calfa, left, Vaclav Havel,center, arrives to Vladislav Hall of Prague Castle to be sworn in as a new president. CTK Photo

Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

Vaclav HAVEL, Miroslav VACEK, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Accompanied by defence minister Miroslav Vacek, left, Vaclav Havel inspects the guard of honour after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo

Vaclav HAVEL, Miroslav VACEK, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Accompanied by defence minister Miroslav Vacek, left, Vaclav Havel inspects the guard of honour after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo

Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

Vaclav HAVEL, Olga HAVLOVA, president, inauguration, election, mass, St.Vitus cathedral

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Vaclav Havel and his wife Olga during Te Deum mass in St. Vitus cathedral after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo/Zuzana Humpalova

Vaclav HAVEL, Olga HAVLOVA, president, inauguration, election, mass, St.Vitus cathedral

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Vaclav Havel and his wife Olga during Te Deum mass in St. Vitus cathedral after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo

Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle, mass, St.Vitus cathedral

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Vaclav Havel flashes V for victory sign as he walks from Prague Castle after the inauguration ceremony to attend Te Deum mass in St. Vitus cathedral. CTK Photo

Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle, mass, St.Vitus cathedral

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. People crowding the courtyard of Prague Castle greet Vaclav Havel, centre, as he walks to attend Te Deum mass in St. Vitus cathedral after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo

Vaclav HAVEL, Olga HAVLOVA, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Vaclav Havel and his wife Olga wave from the balcony to people on the courtyard after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo

Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

Vaclav HAVEL, Olga HAVLOVA, president, inauguration, election, mass, St.Vitus cathedral

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Vaclav Havel and his wife Olga during Te Deum mass in St. Vitus cathedral after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo/Karel Vlcek

Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle, people, crowd, supporters

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. People crowding the courtyard of Prague Castle applaud after Vaclav Havel addressed them as a new president following his inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo

Vaclav Havel, supporters, president, presidential election, inauguration, Wenceslas Square

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. People in Wenceslas Square in Prague celebrate Havel´s election on December 29, 1989. CTK Photo/Pavel Hroch

Vaclav Havel, supporters, president, presidential election, inauguration, Wenceslas Square

Vaclav HAVEL, Olga HAVLOVA, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Accompanied by his wife Olga Vaclav Havel addreses from the balcony people on the courtyard after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo/Karel Vlcek

Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

Vaclav HAVEL, Miroslav VACEK, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Accompanied by defence minister Miroslav Vacek, left, Vaclav Havel inspects the guard of honour after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo/Karel Vlcek

Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle

Vaclav HAVEL, Frantisek KOLLMAN---Vaclav HAVEL, president, inauguration, election, Prague Castle, mass, St.Vitus cathedral

The victory of the Velvet Revolution was topped off by the election of dissident playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel as President of the republic at Prague Castle on December 29, 1989. Vaclav Havel flashes V for victory sign as he walks from Prague Castle to attend Te Deum mass in St. Vitus cathedral after the inauguration ceremony. CTK Photo

Alexander Dubcek, Josef Bartoncik, Federal Assembly (parliament)

Chairman (Speaker) of the Czechoslovak Federal Assembly (parliament) Alexander Dubcek, right, and chairman of the House of the People (parliament´s lower chamber) Josef Bartoncik during a session on December 28, 1989. CTK Photo/Zuzana Humpalova

Alexander Dubcek, Federal Assembly, parliament, chairman, speaker

Alexander Dubcek, chairman (Speaker) of the Czechoslovak Federal Assembly (parliament), December 28, 1989. CTK Photo/Zuzana Humpalova

Ceausescu before military court, 1990

Romania, Bucharest, 25.12.1989. Archive-No.: 12-04-10 Ceausescu before military court Photo:Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu before the military court [automated translation]

Ceausescu before military court, 1990

Romania, Bucharest, 25.12.1989. Archive No.: 12-04-19 Ceausescu before military court Photo:Nicolae Ceausescu before the military court [automated translation]

Ceausescu before military court, 1990

Romania, Bucharest, 25.12.1989. Archive No.: 12-04-18 Ceausescu before military court Photo:Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu before the military court [automated translation]

Ceausescu before military court, 1990

Romania, Bucharest, 25.12.1989. Archive No: 12-04-24 Ceausescu before military court Photo:Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu before the military court [automated translation]

Ceausescu before military court, 1990

Romania, Bucharest, 25.12.1989. Archive No: 12-04-34 Ceausescu before military court Photo:Nicolae Ceausescu before the military court [automated translation]

Ceausescu before military court, 1990

Romania, Bucharest , 25.12.1989. Archive No.: 12-02-29 Ceausescu before military court Photo:Nicolae Ceausescu before the military court [automated translation]

Ceausescu before military court, 1990

Romania, Bucharest, 25.12.1989. Archive No: 12-04-31 Ceausescu before military court Photo:Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu before the military court [automated translation]

Ceausescu before military court, 1990

Romania, Bucharest , 25.12.1989. Archive No.: 12-02-08 Ceausescu before military court Photo:Elena Ceausescu before the military court [automated translation]

Nicolae Ceausescu

Execution of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. 25 December 1989. dor12009

Blick auf das Brandenburger Tor in Berlin

Tourists and Berlin citizens walk shortly before the fall of the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. In the background is still closed Berlin Wall. In the foreground a sign that read entry / departure.

People at the square in front of the Brandenburg Gate, 1989

Visa-free tourist traffic for residents of West Germany becomes possible between the GDR and the FRG after long negotiations on December 24, 1989. The minimum obligatory exchange at the border was also dropped. Thousands of people from Berlin and visitors take advantage of the new regulation for a Christmas trip to the Brandenburg Gate. The Pariser Platz has become accessible to the public for the first time since the Wall was built.

Opening of the Berlin Wall

The visa-free travel for West Germans between the GDR and the FRG became possible from December 24, 1989, after tough government negotiations. The minimum obligatory exchange is also not required at the border. Thousands of Berliners and visitors to Berlin take advantage of the new regulation and make a Christmas trip to the Brandenburg Gate. Pariser Platz is thus open to the public for the first time since the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.

Opening of the Berlin Wall

From December 24, 1989, West Germans could travel visa-free between the GDR and the FRG after arduous government negotiations. The minimum obligatory exchange at the border was also not required anymore. Thousands of Berlin residents and visitors use the new regulation to take a Christmas trip to the Brandenburg Gate. The Pariser Platz has been opened to the public for the first time since the Wall was built in 1961. Here, visitors to the West are filling out the so-called Zaehlkarten, which are still required by the GDR authorities for control purposes.

Opening of the Berlin Wall

The visa-free travel for West Germans between the GDR and the FRG became possible from December 24, 1989, after tough government negotiations. The minimum obligatory exchange is also not required at the border. Thousands of Berliners take advantage of the new regulation and make a Christmas trip to the Brandenburg Gate. Pariser Platz is thus open to the public for the first time since the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.

Opening of the Berlin Wall

Berlin, Potsdamer Platz 1989

Berlin / GDR / Wall / 24.12.1989 Potsdamer Platz Christmas Eve. The GDR border guards act as if a pass and a permit were still necessary. Formally, the GDR still exists, but in reality it's already gone. The controls are made on Leipziger Strasse // Unification / Wende / Region / GDR Wall History / Communism [automated translation]

Brandenburg Gate 1989

Berlin / GDR / 23.12.1989 Christmas Eve in the year of the fall of the Berlin Wall 1989 Pariser Platz has just reopened, as has the Brandenburg Gate. A balance acrobat gives a performance and the GDR citizens watch. A few weeks ago there were only GDR-borders here // Wall / Region / Middle / GDR-Wall / History / Communism [automated translation]

Brandenburg Gate 1989

Berlin / GDR / 23.12.1989 Christmas Eve in the year of the fall of the Berlin Wall 1989 Pariser Platz has just reopened, as has the Brandenburg Gate. A balance acrobat gives a performance and the GDR citizens watch. A few weeks ago there were only GDR border guards here // Wall / [automated translation]

Berlin, Potsdamer Platz 1989

Berlin districts / GDR / Wall / 24.12.1989 Potsdamer Platz Christmas Eve. The GDR border guards act as if a pass and a permit were still necessary. Formally, the GDR still exists, but in reality it's already gone. Checks are made on Leipziger Strasse, in the middle of the former death strip. // Unification / Wende / Region / GDR Wall History / Communism [automated translation]

Brandenburg Gate 1989

Berlin, Potsdamer Platz 1989

Berlin districts / GDR / Wall / 24.12.1989 Potsdamer Platz, Christmas Eve. The GDR border guards act as if a pass and a permit were still necessary. Formally, the GDR still exists, but in reality it's already gone. The controls are made on Leipziger Strasse. // Unification / Wende / Region / GDR Wall History / Communism [automated translation]

Douglas Filiale weihnachtlich geschmückt am Kurfürstendamm in Westberlin

Douglas branch Christmas decorations on the Kurfuerstendamm in West Berlin.

Mittelrisalit der KaDeWe-Fassade in Berlin im heutigen Bundesland Berlin

Mittelrisalit the KaDeWe facade, decorated with a Christmas poster in Berlin. The Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) is a department store in Berlin with a fine range and luxury goods. It is located in the Tauentzienstrasse at Wittenbergplatz and is the most famous department store in Germany. www.kadewe.de

Bummel auf der Westseite des Brandenburger Tor

Berlin 24.12.1989 Ungewöhnlicher Betrieb für einen Heiligabend herrscht auf der Westseite des Brandenburger Tor im Tiergarten. Zwei Tage zuvor ist unter riesiger öffentlicher Anteilnahme am Brandenburger Tor ein Grenzübergang für Fußgänger nach Westberlin eröffnet worden, nachdem an anderer Stelle bereits seit gut anderthalb Monaten die Grenze passiert werden kann. Die Mauer wird allerdings erst im Juni 1990 abgerissen. Foto: Rother

Opening of the Berlin Wall

The visa-free travel for West Germans between the GDR and the FRG became possible from December 24, 1989, after tough government negotiations. The minimum obligatory exchange at the border is also not required. Passport and customs controls are still carried out by the GDR authorities. Even business travelers are subject to this rule. The picture was taken on Christmas Eve at the inner-state border crossing Heinrich-Heine-Strasse in Kreuzberg.

Fall of the Wall, 1989

Germany, Berlin, 23.12.1989. Archive-No.: 11-68 Fall of the Wall Photo: On December 23rd the Wall was opened at the Brandenburg Gate [automated translation]

GDR wall falls 1989

Berlin / Mitte / GDR / Border / 23.12.1989 The wall at the Brandenburg Gate is open, but the GDR still exists and so provisional checkpoints are set up next to the gate, but they are not taken too seriously. A GDR customs officer helps a wheelchair user //Turnaround / Berlin Wall / GDR citizens / State / Disabled History / Communism [automated translation]

GDR wall falls in 1989

Berlin-City / Mitte / DDR / Grenze / 23.12.1989 The wall at the Brandenburg Gate is open, but the GDR still exists and so provisional checkpoints are set up next to the gate, but they are not taken too seriously. A GDR border guard with a portable check-in station //Wende / Berlin Wall / GDR citizens / State / Handicapped history / Communism [automated translation]

Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Jiri Dienstbier, barbed wire fence, border, frontier, dismantling, Iron Curtain,

West German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, left, and his Czechoslovak counterpart Jiri Dienstbier, centre, symbolically cut barbed wire fence near Rozvadov at Czechoslovak-Austrian border after the Velvet revolution toppled communist regime in Czechoslovakia, December 23, 1989 CTK Photo/Jiri Berger

Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Jiri Dienstbier, barbed wire fence, border, frontier, dismantling, Iron Curtain,

Hans-Dietrich Genscher with Jiri Dienstbier cut the fence on the border, 1989

Federal Foreign Minister Genscher (left) and his Czech colleague Dienstbier (right) symbolically cut barbed wire at a barrier in Waidhaus, Bavaria.

Berlin at the time of change 1989/1990 - opening of the Brandenburg Gate

GDR, Berlin, 22.12.1989, opening of the Brandenburg Gate, at the Brandenburg Gate the wall is opened, people on the wall, man with hammer, [automated translation]

Berlin at the time of change 1989/1990 - opening of the Brandenburg Gate

GDR, Berlin, 22.12.1989, opening of the Brandenburg Gate, at the Brandenburg Gate the wall is opened, people on the wall, [automated translation]

Berlin at the time of change 1989/1990 - opening of the Brandenburg Gate

GDR, Berlin, 22.12.1989, opening of the Brandenburg Gate, at the Brandenburg Gate the wall is opened, people on the wall, man with hammer, [automated translation]

Berlin at the time of change 1989/1990 - opening of the Brandenburg Gate

GDR, Berlin, 22.12.1989, opening of the Brandenburg Gate, at the Brandenburg Gate the wall is opened, man on the wall, [automated translation]

Berlin at the time of change 1989/1990 - opening of the Brandenburg Gate

GDR, Berlin, 22.12.1989, opening of the Brandenburg Gate, at the Brandenburg Gate the wall is opened, flags, [automated translation]

SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag Rudolf Dressler, SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, 1989

Germany, Bonn, 22.12.1989. Archive no.: 11-84-04 Photo: Rudolf Dressler, SPD, Chairman of the Social Policy Working Group of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag [automated translation]

SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag Rudolf Dressler, SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, 1989

Germany, Bonn, 22.12.1989. Archive no.: 11-84-18 Photo: Rudolf Dressler, SPD, Chairman of the Social Policy Working Group of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag [automated translation]

SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag Rudolf Dressler, SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, 1989

Germany, Bonn, 22.12.1989. Archive no.: 11-83-03 Photo: Rudolf Dressler, SPD, Chairman of the Social Policy Working Group of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag [automated translation]

SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag Rudolf Dressler, SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, 1989

Germany, Bonn, 22.12.1989. Archive no.: 11-83-19 Photo: Rudolf Dressler, SPD, Chairman of the Social Policy Working Group of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag [automated translation]

SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag Rudolf Dressler, SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag, 1989

Germany, Bonn, 22.12.1989. Archive no.: 11-83-07 Photo: Rudolf Dressler, SPD, Chairman of the Social Policy Working Group of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag [automated translation]