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The population of Berlin (East Berlin) is 6.5438+0.8 million (654.38+0.989), and the annual average temperature is about 8.6℃.
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The second oil crisis from 1979 to 1980 accelerated the economic recession in East Germany. Compared with the west, color TV sets, refrigerators and washing machines are not only relatively expensive, but also have a long waiting time: "The longest delivery time of a washing machine can reach three years, and a Trabert car needs to wait at least ten years." [20]1August, 989, the Hungarian government reform broke the "iron curtain" that had enveloped Europe for 44 years; In September of the same year, 1300 East Germans entered the territory of West Germany through Hungary. At the same time, large-scale demonstrations demanding democratic reforms broke out in many cities in East Germany. Although the United Socialist Party of Germany held a military parade in East Berlin in June+that year1October in order to consolidate its rule, three large-scale mass demonstrations demanding political reform broke out in Berlin, the capital of East Germany. Since then, in order to quell the demonstrations, the German United Socialist Party has removed Onek from the post of Party General Secretary.
In the same year165438+1October 9th, the Berlin Wall collapsed. In the days that followed, a large number of East Germans easily crossed the Berlin Wall and entered the territory of West Germany. 65438+February 1, the East German Parliament abolished the leadership position given by the Constitution to the German Unified Socialist Party. Two days later, the Central Committee of the United Socialist Party, the General Secretary and the East German Parliament all announced their resignations.
Although many East Germans wanted to establish a non-socialist country on the territory of East Germany, this idea was quickly drowned out by the voice of reunification of Germany and Germany. The slogan of the demonstration also changed from "We are the people!" (We are the public! ) becomes "We are a nation!" We will win! )。 After brief consultations with the United States, the Soviet Union, France and Britain, the decision to reunify Germany was recognized. 1990101On October 3rd, the Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany) joined the European economic entity as a part of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), and the two countries were formally unified. Legally, East Germany was merged by West Germany, with the Federal Republic of Germany as the surviving unit, and East Germany became a non-existent country.