The most severe train accident in the history of Germany occurs near the village of Eschede in Lower Saxony. At 200 km/h, an ICE high speed train derails and crashes into Weiterlesen…

In Prague, the German and Czech heads of state, Helmut Kohl und Václav Klaus, sign the German-Czech Declaration. The agreement marks a cornerstone Weiterlesen…

Supported by an unprecedented publicity campaign, the Deutsche Telecom‘s stock market launch brings the telecommunication company  a total Weiterlesen…

The first so-called “Castor Transport“ is on its way. Castor containers are special containers for the transport of radioactive waste to intermediate storage facilities at Gorleben in Lower Saxony. Both residents and anti-nuclear activists try Weiterlesen…

After nearly five decades of occupation, the last Russian soldiers leave East Germany. A few days later, the troops of the three Western Allied powers Weiterlesen…

As representative of an entire political system, former GDR leader Erich Honecker is put in the dock. In January, however, the trial is discontinued due Weiterlesen…

A law is passed granting all Germans the right to inspect their files kept by the GDR’s former intelligence agency “Stasi“. The findings are often painful, revealing that hundreds of thousands of informants had spied not only on Weiterlesen…

In everyday life, the unification process proves onerous. Many Germans begin to feel disillusioned. Unable to compete economically, former GDR enterprises are taken over Weiterlesen…

After the Fall of the Wall, the dissolution of the GDR is in full swing. Government bodies are replaced by so-called “Round Tables“ in an attempt to run the country.

In March, 24 political parties and alliances run for the first free and democratic elections Weiterlesen…

In May, Hungary begins to dismantle border installations along its Austrian border. The “Iron Curtain“ begins to disintegrate leading to a first mass exodus Weiterlesen…