GPTKB
Browse
Query
Compare
Download
Publications
Contributors
Search
East German Peaceful Revolution
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/East_German_Peaceful_Revolution
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Die_Wende
gptkbp:category
gptkb:Revolutions_of_1989
gptkb:German_reunification
1989 in East Germany
Nonviolent revolutions
Protests in Germany
gptkbp:cause
demand for political reforms
dissatisfaction with SED regime
influence of reforms in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
gptkbp:country
gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:endDate
1990-03-18
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
East German Peaceful Revolution
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Perestroika
gptkb:Hungarian_border_opening
gptkb:Solidarity_movement_in_Poland
gptkbp:keyFigure
gptkb:Wolfgang_Schnur
gptkb:Egon_Krenz
gptkb:Erich_Honecker
gptkb:Christian_Führer
gptkb:Hans_Modrow
gptkb:Markus_Meckel
gptkbp:location
gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Monday_demonstrations
opening of the Berlin Wall
resignation of Erich Honecker
first free elections in East Germany
mass emigration through Hungary and Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Berlin_Wall
gptkb:Revolutions_of_1989
gptkb:German_reunification
gptkb:Velvet_Revolution
gptkb:Fall_of_Communism_in_Eastern_Europe
gptkb:Peaceful_Revolution_in_Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:result
gptkb:Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall
gptkb:German_reunification
gptkb:Collapse_of_the_Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany_(SED)
gptkbp:significance
end of communist rule in East Germany
contributed to the end of the Cold War
led to German reunification
gptkbp:startDate
1989-05-07
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Revolutions_of_1989
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5