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#GDR #OTD 1989 – In effort to stop mass emigration, SED suspends visa free travel to Czechoslovakia from East Germany (1)
In Dresden, #otd in 1989, the arrival of train full of East German refugees from the Prague Embassy en route to West Germany sparks large demonstrations (2)
East German police in full riot gear dispersed protests at Dresden train station and arrested 1,300 in the process. (3)
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Ned Richardson-Little
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#GDR #OTD 1965 - Olympics recognizes GDR and allows separate East and West German teams at next Games. (1)
At first Olympic Games as an individual team, the GDR earns 1 Gold 2 Silver and 2 Bronze in Grenoble in 1968, 10th overall (2)
For more on East Germany's difficulties in gaining recognition as a separate and sovereign country, check out historyned.blog/2016/09/20/was…
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Ned Richardson-Little
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#GDR #OTD 1949 – 70 years ago, the German Democratic Republic was founded from the Soviet Occupation Zone (1) #DDR70 #DDR70Jahre
30 years ago #otd, in 1989, the GDR celebrated its 40th anniversary. Here a parade attended by USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev (2)
On the Day of the Republic in 1989, police and Stasi suppressed mass demonstrations in Leipzig, but protests continued to grow regardless (3)
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Ned Richardson-Little
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#GDR #OTD 1969 – Opening of Kulturpark Plänterwald – known today as Spreepark – in East Berlin. (1)
Kulturpark Plänterwald (Spreepark) had on average 1.7 Million visitors per year prior to 1989. (2)
Renamed Spreepark after 1989, the park went bankrupt in 2001 and is now a ruin popular amongst instagram photographers. (3)
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