Peaceful Revolution in East Germany

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Die_Wende
gptkbp:cause	Desire for freedom and democracy Economic stagnation Influence of reforms in the Soviet Union Popular protests against the SED regime
gptkbp:endDate	1990-03
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Peaceful Revolution in East Germany
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Glasnost gptkb:Perestroika gptkb:Hungarian_border_opening gptkb:Solidarity_movement_in_Poland
gptkbp:keyFigure	gptkb:Egon_Krenz gptkb:Erich_Honecker gptkb:Kurt_Masur gptkb:Hans_Modrow gptkb:Bärbel_Bohley gptkb:Christa_Luft gptkb:Friedrich_Schorlemmer gptkb:Markus_Meckel
gptkbp:location	gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Monday_demonstrations gptkb:First_free_elections_in_East_Germany gptkb:Opening_of_the_Berlin_Wall gptkb:Resignation_of_Erich_Honecker gptkb:Round_Table_talks 1990-03-18 1989-11-09 1989-10-09
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Berlin gptkb:Dresden gptkb:East_Berlin gptkb:Leipzig gptkb:Plauen
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Stasi gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany_(SED)
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Berlin_Wall gptkb:Revolutions_of_1989 gptkb:German_reunification gptkb:Velvet_Revolution gptkb:Collapse_of_the_Eastern_Bloc gptkb:Fall_of_communism_in_Europe
gptkbp:result	gptkb:Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall gptkb:German_reunification Collapse of the Socialist Unity Party (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
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:Protestant_Church East German citizens Opposition groups
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:German_reunification
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4