GDR playwright Heiner Mueller speaks in front of the largest demonstration ever held on the territory of the GDR on Alexanderplatz square in former East Berlin, November 4th 1989. More than 500,000 people had gathered to demand more democracy and civil rights. Since the end of October 1989 mainly East Berliner and Leipzig citizens staged regurlar mass demonstrations, calling out for political reforms, freedom of speech and fair elections. The growing pressure from the streets eventually forced the GDR leadership to open the inner German border on November 9th 1989. | usage worldwide
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