980,267 views
An exciting chronology of the events surrounding the opening of the border, the escape of GDR citizens via Hungary and the fall of the Berlin Wall, produced by MedienKontor for the RTL Nachtjournal. Moderation: Anna Doubek / Speaker: Sabine Christiansen RTL Nachtjournal spezial © 1994, License MedienKontor Subscribe to German television history: https://goo.gl/KJ3YSa Statements politicians/civil servants: Ronald Reagan, former US President Mikhail Gorbachev, former head of state, USSR Guyla Horn, former foreign minister of Hungary Eduard Ackermann, former chancellor advisor Vladimir Kryuchkov, former KGB chief Erich Honecker, former GDR state council chairman Egon Krenz, former GDR state council chairman Hans Modrow, former SED district chief, Dresden Dietrich Genscher, former German foreign minister Rudolf Seiters, former chancellery minister Boris Laptev, former KGB, East Berlin Ivan Kuzmin, former KGB, East Berlin A. Schalck-Golodkowski, former SED Central Committee Eberhard Aurich, FDJ chief Markus Wolf, former GDR spy chief Gerhard Lauter, former GDR Interior Ministry Günter Schabowski, former SED Politburo Peter Ludwanowski, former officer of the GDR border troops Harald Jäger, former head of the border crossing Horst Teltschik, former foreign policy advisor in the Chancellery Citizen statements: Michael Fleischmann, fled via Prague Aram Radomski, GDR oppositionist Jutta Braband, former GDR oppositionist André Langer, former GDR citizens Sabine & Norbert Schimmöller, former GDR citizens Steffi Spira, actress Bärbel Reinke, former GDR citizen Tetsuo Kamata, Japanese businessman