Talk:Günter Schabowski

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What exactly was the "misunderstanding" mentioned in the article? --Furrykef 03:19, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I think, he was supposed to announce that the travel restrictions (which forbid East Germans to travel to Western countries) were reduced, but he instead announced that they were completely abandoned. (But, personally, I wonder whether this misunderstanding was really an accident or maybe intended... At least, only a year earlier, the border guards certainly wouldn't have opened the gates without an official command by their superior but just because of a TV broadcast of a rather low-ranking politician.) Simon A. 14:58, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

But this quote of him is impressive. Anybody knows when he said that? Simon A. 14:58, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] What did Schabowski say?

The important word this night was that Schabowski was asked by an Italian reporter about when these new travelling rules would by applied. Schabowski took up a piece of paper and said: "Immedeately" (Ab sofort). The Italian reporter ran to to the telephone, and the rest is in history....