Syntethic Chronology
- August 13th, 1961: DDR Government begins to build the Berlin Wall
- Summer-Autumn 1989: mass-escape from East Germany
- October 6th, 1989: M. Gorbacev visits East Berlin; E. Honecker promotes reforms
- November 9th, 1989: East Berlin people begin to destroy the Berlin Wall
- March 18th 1990: a coalition with a CDU majority wins the elections in the DDR
- August 31st 1990: the West Germany’s mark is introduced in the DDR; the Einigungvertrag (a re-unification treaty) is signed and comes into force in October 3rd, 1990
- December 2nd, 1990: first elections in re-unificated Germany; the CDU-CSU coalition leaded by Helmut Kohl, (former West Germany Chancellor, wins)