Travel back in time to the peaceful revolution of 1989, the fall of the wall, and the abolition of the East-German state.
Washington, DC: On display until December 31, 2015
Exhibition Summary:
This poster exhibit was created by the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur (The Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship) and the German Federal Foreign Office to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German Unification. The 20 posters, which were provided by the German Embassy, Washington, D.C., include contemporary photographs and information about events that document Germany’s path towards reunification. This poignant narrative is relayed to the visitor through the following chapters:
01 Title
02 2 October 1990: Last Day of the GDR
03 2 October 1989: Unrest Behind the Iron Curtain
04 Split in Two: Germany After the Second World War
05 Peaceful Revolution Against the SED Dictatorship
06 German Unification is on the Agenda
07 International Reactions
08 Unity and European Integration
09 The GDR Democratises Itself
10 The GDR People’s Chamber Elections: A Vote for Unity
11 Time for Diplomacy: The Two-Plus-Four Negotiations
12 Monetary, Economic, and Social Union
13 Pan-German Solidarity
14 The New Freedom: Via-Free Travel All the Way to Hawaii
15 A New Beginning: Germany and Poland
16 Two-Plus-Four Agreement
17 A State Seals its Own Fate
18 Common Challenges
19 Germany in Europe
20 German Unification-An Interim Assessment
Many leaders in Western Europe looked with skepticism upon the reemergence of Germany on that fault line of the Cold War. Nevertheless, 25 years ago, on September 12, 1990, France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the US, together with the two German states signed the “Two Plus Four Agreement” which paved the way for the official Unification of Germany. We invite you to visit this exhibit and look forward to seeing you.
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