Peaceful Revolution 1989

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Friedliche_Revolution
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Germany
October 9
November 9
gptkbp:country gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:endDate 1990-03
gptkbp:hashtag #FriedlicheRevolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Peaceful Revolution 1989
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Glasnost
gptkb:Perestroika
gptkb:Hungarian_border_opening
gptkb:Solidarity_movement_in_Poland
gptkbp:keyFigure gptkb:Angela_Merkel
gptkb:Egon_Krenz
gptkb:Erich_Honecker
gptkb:Lothar_de_Maizière
gptkb:Hans-Dietrich_Genscher
gptkb:Kurt_Masur
gptkb:Christian_Führer
gptkb:Hans_Modrow
gptkb:Wolf_Biermann
gptkb:Bärbel_Bohley
gptkb:Friedrich_Schorlemmer
gptkb:Markus_Meckel
gptkb:Joachim_Gauck
gptkb:Rainer_Eppelmann
gptkbp:location gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:West_German_television
international press
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Monday_demonstrations
gptkb:Leipzig_demonstrations
gptkb:Opening_of_the_Berlin_Wall
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Stasi
gptkb:SED_government
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany_(SED)
East German citizens
opposition groups
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Berlin_Wall
gptkb:Revolutions_of_1989
gptkb:German_reunification
gptkb:Wende
gptkb:Velvet_Revolution
gptkbp:result gptkb:Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall
gptkb:German_reunification
Collapse of the SED regime
gptkbp:significance End of communist rule in East Germany
Led to democratic elections in East Germany
Paved the way for German reunification
gptkbp:startDate 1989-09
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:St._Nicholas_Church,_Leipzig
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5