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Sonderbeitrag # German Reunification: Famous overnight: SED spokesman Günter Schabowski # 11.2009

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Michael BärNovember 3, 2009

His statement at a media conference on 9 November 1989 opened the heavily fortified border to the West. Günter Schabowski became famous overnight. Years later, he tried to explain why things happened the way they did.

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