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The Leipzig demonstrations

Mass demonstrations in the East German city of Leipzig paved the way for the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Mass demonstrations in the East German city of Leipzig in October 1989 shook the communist authorities to their core. The protests are seen as paving the way for the fall of the Berlin Wall just a month later. Lucy Burs spoke to Martin Jankowski who was one of the protesters.

(Photo:A young East German protesting against the communist government flashes the peace sign. Credit: Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

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Thu 24 Oct 2019 12:50GMT
蜜芽传媒 World Service News Internet

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