Exhibition theme: German Unification: Demonstration, "Round Table from below" [9/21]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
November 4 1990
Berlin, Alexanderplatz
Created By:
Jürgen NagelLicense: Not Creative Commons
From the Set
Protest sign: "We were the people"
"The Round Table was the point at which dialogue between new and old political leaders of the GDR took place" (retrieved and translated from
Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft e.V.: Runder Tisch, on April 23, 2009)
Depicts
banderole,
demonstration,
group of people,
handmade medium,
marcher,
protest signcriticism,
escape,
exile,
German reunification,
media,
national dayPeople/Organizations
unknown (person)Places
AlexanderplatzText in image
Wir / war'n das / Volk
Other items in this set
On 3 October 1990, when the GDR came under the Basic Law of the Federal Republic, people had almost become used to the idea that the two German states were one. Or, at least, it appears to be this way when we see the many small celebrations held at new border crossings opened in winter 1989/1990 and spring 1990. In retrospect, they appear far more euphoric than the official celebration of German Unity. By autumn 1990, the worries of everyday life had caught up with people again. Hence, in their minds the weeks immediately following 9 November 1989 would remain unrivalled as the most joyous period of celebration.
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