Abstract

During their first New Year’s celebration together at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, East and West Germans waved West German flags and expressed New Year’s wishes on banners. The one featured here reads: "Peace and all the best for a new Germany. East greets West."

New Year’s Eve in Berlin (December 31, 1989)

Achim Donath

Source

Source: New Year's Eve in Berlin (December 31, 1989). Photo: Achim Donath.
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Recommended Citation

New Year’s Eve in Berlin (December 31, 1989), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/a-new-germany-1990-2023/ghdi:image-126> [October 29, 2024].

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