Günter Schabowski

January 4, 1929 – November 1, 2015

East German Socialist Unity Party official whose confused announcement of new travel rules on 9 November 1989 led crowds to open the Berlin Wall.

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Affiliations

Party membership

• Jan 1, 1952 – Jan 1, 1990 Socialist Unity Party of Germany

Education

• Leipzig University

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Günter Schabowski

 

Fall of the Berlin Wall