Peaceful Revolution

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Peaceful_Revolution

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Die_Wende
gptkbp:cause	Desire for freedom and democracy Economic stagnation in East Germany Political repression in East Germany
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	9 November (Fall of the Berlin Wall)
gptkbp:endDate	1990
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Glasnost gptkb:Perestroika gptkb:Solidarity_movement_in_Poland
gptkbp:location	gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:mainEvent	gptkb:Monday_demonstrations gptkb:Leipzig_demonstrations
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:West_German_television gptkb:Radio_Free_Europe
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Egon_Krenz gptkb:Hans-Dietrich_Genscher gptkb:Kurt_Masur gptkb:Christian_Führer
gptkbp:participants	Protestant churches East German citizens opposition groups
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Hungarian_border_opening Escape of East Germans via Prague embassy
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 Peaceful transition to democracy
gptkbp:startDate	1989
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Peaceful Revolution