crowds of Gemans began scrambling over the walls and less than a year later, Germany had became a single country again
Gorbachev's looser policies allowed for East Germany could break its ties with the USSR.
communist
It was a Russian state.
The collapse of the Soviet Union made it possible for the Berlin Wall to be knocked down so people could travel between East Germany and East Berlin easily.
The 1989 collapse of the East German government was followed by the destruction of the Berlin Wall. In October 1990, the reunification of Germany was made official when each of the 5 member states of East Germany applied to join the Federal Republic of Germany.
After World War 2, Germany was split in half by the occupying forces. You had the Western Allies (USA, UK and France) occupy West Germany while the Soviet Union occupied East Germany. Tensions between the USA and the Soviet Union, West and East, Capitalism and Communism, etc, etc, led to these two occupied zones becoming more independent from one another until they split. East Germany became known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR) while West Germany became known as the Federal Republic of Germany.The two Germany's reunified after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Communism in 1990
Gorbachev's looser policies allowed for East Germany could break its ties with the USSR.
communist
It was a Russian state.
1989 saw the collapse of communist rule in East Germany and talks started immediately on the reunification of Germany which happened in 1990.
The collapse of the Soviet Union made it possible for the Berlin Wall to be knocked down so people could travel between East Germany and East Berlin easily.
The 1989 collapse of the East German government was followed by the destruction of the Berlin Wall. In October 1990, the reunification of Germany was made official when each of the 5 member states of East Germany applied to join the Federal Republic of Germany.
The DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) or in English GDR (German Democratic Republic).
Katerina Witt of East Germany won gold in Ladies Singles at the 1984 and 1988 Games.
It is in the east of Germany, in what was once East Germany.
The reunification of Germany into the BRD (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) and the collapse of the Soviet Union brought unprecedented growth to the country. However there is still stigma associated with East Germans, derogatorily referred to as 'Ossis' (Easterners). East Germans are still discriminated against, East Germany is still behind the West, and many nowadays believe that perhaps the country was better off divided.
After World War 2, Germany was split in half by the occupying forces. You had the Western Allies (USA, UK and France) occupy West Germany while the Soviet Union occupied East Germany. Tensions between the USA and the Soviet Union, West and East, Capitalism and Communism, etc, etc, led to these two occupied zones becoming more independent from one another until they split. East Germany became known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR) while West Germany became known as the Federal Republic of Germany.The two Germany's reunified after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Communism in 1990
people in the east Germany thought that life in west Germany is more comfortable than in the east Germany