THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF LUBECK

Individuals fed up with the specific situation in East Germany - and inspired by Gorbachev's coverage of glasnost and perestroika - took to your streets in escalating numbers in 1989. There was a sizable demonstration at Alexanderplatz in October 1989. On 9 November 1989, GDR press secretary Günter Schabowski read aloud a completely new decree per