20 Years of German Unity: Latest News

"Mr. Gorbachev, Open This Gate ... Tear Down This Wall!" - The Speech Heard Round the World

Jun 8, 2012 | Germany.info
The Brandenburg Gate at the heart of the city behind the Berlin Wall. © picture-alliance/dpa

Twenty-five years ago, on June 12, 1987, US President Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate at the heart of Berlin and demanded that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev "Tear down this wall!"

50th Anniversary of the Construction of the Berlin Wall

Aug 10, 2011 | Federal Foreign Office
Brandenburger Tor mit Berliner Mauer

Fifty years ago the Berlin Wall was erected between East and West, dividing the country and the people. Countless lives were affected by the building of the Wall.

Two Plus Four Treaty 20 Years On

Mar 15, 2011 | Federal Foreign Office/Germany.info
Signing the Two Plus Four Treaty (c) Bundesbildstelle

Twenty years ago, the Two Plus Four Treaty, the international agreement  integral to German unification,  entered into force on March 15, 1991.

Coming to Terms With an Intrusive Past

Jan 19, 2011 | Germany.info
The Lives of Others © picture-alliance/dpa

At the end of the Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others, scriptwriter Georg Dreyman, who was monitored by the Stasi during the GDR era, sits in a reading room after German reunification and is shocked by what he reads in his own Stasi file.

New Stasi Exhibition Opens in Berlin

Jan 19, 2011 | Germany.info
Electronic gear

German President Christian Wulff inaugurated a new exhibition about the former East German secret police, also known as the 'Stasi', in Berlin on January 15.

A Great Gesture of Reconciliation

Dec 3, 2010 | www.magazin-deutschland.de
The picture that went round the world: Willy Brandt kneels before a memorial to the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto (1970)

Forty years ago a picture from Warsaw made headlines around the world - on December 7, 1970, German Chancellor Willy Brandt knelt in silence before the memorial to the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto of 1943.

Winners of The Week in Germany Helmut Kohl Quiz

Oct 15, 2010 | Germany.info
When you love your work ...

The Week in Germany recently published a quiz on former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Revisit the questions - including all the correct answers - and find out if you are among the lucky prizewinners!

The Sheer Diversity of Unified Germany

Oct 4, 2010 | REGIERUNGonline
German Unity - paper flags in Bremen

Germany celebrated 20 years of unity during a weekend of festivities across the country culminating on October 3, the Day of German Unity. 

'Fathers of Unity' Sculptures Unveiled in Berlin

Sep 30, 2010 | Germany.info
Fathers of Unity (c) picture-alliance/Eventpress

As Germany celebrates 20 years of unity a memorial to three leaders who played pivotal roles in sealing the deal on the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 was unveiled in Berlin.

Twenty Years in Germany - 1990 to 2010

Sep 29, 2010 | www.magazine-deutschland.de
Deutschlandkarte im Kohlfeld

Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of its reunification and 20 years of convergence between East and West. A review of two moving decades.

20 Years of German Unity: Latest News