[DOC] [TLE] East Germany - Wikipedia [PAR] East Germany, formally the German Democratic Republic or GDR was a state in 
the Eastern ... Until 1989, the GDR was governed by the Socialist Unity Party (
SED), though ... The government fortified its western borders and, in 1961, built 
the Berlin ..... In 1971, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev had Ulbricht removed; 
Erich... [DOC] [TLE] Berlin Wall - Wikipedia [PAR] The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier that divided Berlin from 
1961 to 1989. ... The Eastern Bloc claimed that the Wall was erected to protect its 
population from fascist elements ... implying that the NATO countries and West 
Germany in particular were considered equal to "fascists" by GDR propaganda. [DOC] [TLE] Peaceful Revolution - Wikipedia [PAR] The Peaceful Revolution (German: Friedliche Revolution) was the process of 
sociopolitical .... This provoked a wave of protests from those in the GDR 
population, ... When Egon Krenz as Chairman of the Electoral Commission 
announced a ... Once Hungary officially opened its borders to the waiting GDR 
citizens on 11... [DOC] [TLE] Eastern Bloc emigration and defection - Wikipedia [PAR] Eastern Bloc emigration and defection was a point of controversy during the Cold 
War. After World War II, emigration restrictions were imposed by countries in the 
Eastern Bloc, which consisted of the Soviet Union and its ... After East Germany 
tightened its zonal occupation border with West Germany, the city sector border... [DOC] [TLE] The Fall of the Berlin Wall: It Was an Accident - War on the Rocks [PAR] Nov 4, 2014 ... Politics, Population, and Hydrocarbons: Preparing for Mosul's ... The second was 
the decision in the summer of 1989 by the leader of Hungary to open its border 
with ... was viewed as too politically unreliable to be allowed outside the country. 
... Egon Krenz, a young energetic member of the Politburo who... [DOC] [TLE] Overview - GHDI - Document Subsections [PAR] During the fall of 1989, an unexpected, grassroots democratic uprising toppled ... 
Only a month earlier, the country's aging dictator, Erich Honecker, had still seen 
... crossing the newly opened Austro-Hungarian border or making their way to ... 
and his hand-picked successor, Egon Krenz, assumed the leadership of the GDR
. [DOC] [TLE] German Democratic Republic (GDR) - History - Year 1989 [PAR] The fall of the Berlin Wall opened the road to the unification of Germany. ... It had 
the largest (in comparison with the country's population) number of officers and ... 
An ambitious (and much younger) activist Egon Krenz became the new First ... 
Although GDR leaders were decidedly declining Helmut Kohl's (chancellor of the
... [DOC] [TLE] The German Question of Reunification - Penn State Law eLibrary [PAR] and the 1989 Reform Movement in the German Democratic Republic," Penn 
State International Law ... cies of glasnost and perestroika began to move the 
Soviet population ... exodus out of East Germany after Hungary opened its 
borders to the ...... sion when its leader, Egon Krenz, and the other nine members 
of the. [DOC] [TLE] The Fall of the Wall: 20 Years On | The Independent [PAR] Nov 8, 2009 ... Egon Krenz, the country's new leader, announced recently that five more of the ... 
Some 30,000 have come since Czechoslovakia opened its border on Friday, 
filling ... Friday 10 November 1989 - Berlin Wall breaks open ... Some 1.3 million 
East Germans  out of a population of 16.6 million  had already... [DOC] [TLE] The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall - The Art of Good Government [PAR] economic decline ... The Soviet Union focused its economy on heavy and 
chemical industry: East ... into confusion, forcing the country's leaders to start 
thinking for themselves. And as ... Citizens' private lives were opened to public 
scrutiny and direction. ..... Egon Krenz, destined to take over from Honecker in 
Autumn 1989. [DOC] [TLE] Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall - Financial Times [PAR] Oct 31, 2014 ... From its construction in 1961 to its destruction in 1989, the Berlin Wall ... decline 
and rising hard-currency debt

Question: In 1989 this country's leader, Egon Krenz, opened its borders to halt population loss
Answer: East Germany