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East Germany Timeline

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  • Germany Splits and becomes East and West Germany

    Germany Splits and becomes East and West Germany

    Walter Ulbricht becomes first general secretary of East Germany (German Democratic Republic)
  • East Germany Joins Warsaw Pact

    East Germany Joins Warsaw Pact

  • Berlin Wall is Constructed

    Berlin Wall is Constructed

  • West Germany formally recognizes East Germany with Helsinki accords

    West Germany formally recognizes East Germany with Helsinki accords

  • Election fraud claims Communist Party receives 99% of the vote

    Election fraud claims Communist Party receives 99% of the vote

  • Hungary lowers border restrictions allowing East Germans to escape through Hungary to Western Austria

    Hungary lowers border restrictions allowing East Germans to escape through Hungary to Western Austria

  • Demonstration in Leipzig bration of GDR’s creation, protests lead Honecker to be replaced with Egon Krenz

    Demonstration in Leipzig bration of GDR’s creation, protests lead Honecker to be replaced with Egon Krenz

    During the 40th anniversary celebration of GDR’s creation, protests lead Honecker to be replaced with Egon Krenz
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall

    GDR citizens are allowed to visit West Berlin and West German
  • First free East German election

    First free East German election

  • Two plus Four Agreement is signed, unifying Germany

    Two plus Four Agreement is signed, unifying Germany

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