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State & history

Im September 1989 öffnete Ungarn seine Grenze für DDR-Bürger. Was war eine Folge?

Translation: In September 1989, Hungary opened its border for GDR citizens. What was one result?

  • ✓ Tausende Menschen aus der DDR reisten über Ungarn in den Westen aus. Thousands of people from the GDR left for the West via Hungary.
  • B Die DDR löste sich noch im selben Monat auf. The GDR dissolved itself in the same month.
  • ✕ Die DDR öffnete sofort alle Grenzübergänge in Berlin. The GDR immediately opened all border crossings in Berlin. Your answer
  • D Die DDR und die Bundesrepublik unterzeichneten sofort einen Friedensvertrag. The GDR and the Federal Republic immediately signed a peace treaty.

Not quite.

Innerhalb weniger Wochen flohen zehntausende DDR-Bürger über Ungarn und Österreich in die Bundesrepublik. Das erhöhte den Druck auf die DDR-Führung.

Within a few weeks, tens of thousands of GDR citizens left for the Federal Republic via Hungary and Austria. This increased the pressure on the GDR leadership.

Source: Geschichte der Friedlichen Revolution 1989

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