FASCINATION ABOUT LIST BLACK MARKET

Persons fed up with the specific situation in East Germany - and inspired by Gorbachev's coverage of glasnost and perestroika - took on the streets in growing numbers in 1989. There was a large demonstration at Alexanderplatz in Oct 1989. On 9 November 1989, GDR push secretary Günter Schabowski go through aloud a completely new decree relating to