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Günter Schabowski ([ˈɡʏntɐ ʃaˈbɔvski]; 4 January 1929 – 1 November 2015) was an East German politician who served as an official of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands abbreviated SED), the ruling party during most of the existence of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Nov 10, 2015 · Günter Schabowski’s press conference in November 1989 helped trigger the collapse of the Berlin wall. Was it really as much of an accident as we like to think?
Nov 2, 2015 · BERLIN — Günter Schabowski, whose bumbling answer to a reporter’s question on the night of Nov. 9, 1989, inadvertently led throngs of East Germans to force their way across the Berlin Wall ...
Gunter Schabowski the East German spokesperson whose error led to the demise of the Berlin Wall has died aged 86. ==Guenter Schabowski, official whose blunder led to fall of Berlin Wall, dies...
Nov 6, 2015 · What to make, then, of Günter Schabowski, who died this week at age 86. Few people will mark the passing of this improbable man of destiny, who made Cold War history with a shrug. It was the ...
Nov 1, 2015 · A senior East German official whose impromptu announcement at a news conference led to the demise of the Berlin Wall in 1989 has died aged 86. Guenter Schabowski said travel restrictions on the...
Nov 1, 2015 · Guenther Schabowski, the former senior East German Communist official who accidentally announced the opening of the Berlin Wall, has died aged 86, German media reported on Sunday.
