Abstract

Since the mid-1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev had pursued a reform policy in the U.S.S.R. known as glasnost (transparency) and perestroika (economic restructuring). Although the SED leadership strictly rejected this policy, many East Germans hoped that it would lead to political liberalization in their country as well. The photograph below features a spray-painted call for "Glasnost Now" on an apartment building in East Berlin.

Glasnost Now (October 1989)

Volker Döring

Source

Source: Photo: Volker Döring.
bpk-Bildagentur, image number 30008332. For rights inquiries, please contact Art Resource at requests@artres.com (North America) or bpk-Bildagentur at kontakt@bpk-bildagentur.de (for all other countries).

Recommended Citation

Glasnost Now (October 1989), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/a-new-germany-1990-2023/ghdi:image-125> [April 23, 2024].

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