East German revolution

East German revolution

East German revolution might refer to two events in the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990):

*Uprising of 1953 in East Germany on 17 June 1953 which was violently suppressed by Soviet tanks
*Peaceful revolution, with a series of Monday demonstrations in East Germany before and after the Fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, leading to Die Wende (The Turning / The Change) and German reunification on 3 October 1990


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