Günter Schabowski
Günter Schabowski (4 January 1929 – 1 November 2015) was an East German politician who served as an official of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands abbreviated SED), the ruling party during most of the existence of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Schabowski gained worldwide fame in November 1989 when he improvised a slightly mistaken answer to a press conference question, raising popular expectations much more rapidly than the government planned, so that massive crowds gathered the same night at the Berlin Wall, forcing its opening after 28 years; soon after, the entire inner German border was opened.
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| Date of birth | 4 January 1929
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| Date of death | 1 November 2015
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Günter Schabowski is known for his role in the TV series Berlin Mitte (1999) as Self - Interview.
He is also known for his role in the TV series Sabine Christiansen (1998) as Self.
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