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The Unification Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (Berlin, 31 August 1990)
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| Document type |
Treaty
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| Source |
The Unification of Germany in 1990. Bonn: Press and Information Office of the Federal Government, 1991, pp. 71-91.
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| Keywords |
Federal Republic of Germany, German Democratic Republic, unification of Germany
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| Copyright |
© Press and Information Office of the Federal Government
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| Caption |
On 31 August 1990, in Berlin, Wolfgang Schäuble, Interior Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), and Günther Krause, Junior Minister to Lothar de Maizière, Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), sign the Unification Treaty establishing a single federal democratic state.
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| Location in the digital library |
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1987–1997 The European Union in a Europe in the throes of change >> The end of the Cold War and geopolitical change in Europe >> Reunification of a divided Germany >> Chancellor Kohl's role in reunification
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Treaty of 31 August 1990 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic on the establishment of German unity (Unification Treaty)
On 31 August 1990 Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of the Interior, and GDR State Secretary Günther Krause signed the Unification Treaty in East Berlin. The Treaty entered into force upon the GDR's accession to the Federal Republic on 3 0ctober1990. This date was chosen by the GDR Volkskammer on 23 August 1990. The Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, Resolved to achieve in free self-determination the unity of Germany in peace and freedom as an equal partner in the community of nations, Mindful of the desire of the people in both parts of Germany to live together in peace and freedom in a democratic and social federal state governed by the rule of law, In grateful respect to those who peacefully helped freedom prevail and who have unswervingly adhered to the task of establishing German unity and are achieving it, Aware of the continuity of German history and bearing in mind the special responsibility arising from our past for a democratic development in Germany committed to respect for human rights and to peace, Seeking through German unity to contribute to the unification of Europe and to the building of a peaceful Eu (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
German reunification: an international and European issue
‘Germany in Europe — increased responsibilities' from Europe (3 October 1990)
'Signing of German treaty ends post-war political era' from The Guardian (13 September 1990)
European Parliament resolution on the situation in the GDR (12 October 1989)
Signing of the Basic Treaty (21 December 1972)
Recommendation 1118 (1989) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (16 November 1989)
Cartoon by Lang on Post-War Germany (24 February 1948)
Cartoon by Köhler on relations between the FRG and the GDR (1956)
The issue of a divided Germany
'Misplaced serenity as the Germanys leap into unknown' from The Guardian (29 June 1990)
Building of the Berlin Wall (13 and 14 August 1961)
Statement by the Allied High Commission (10 October 1949)
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