What was the immediate consequence of Schabowski's statement?
Political elections
Massive crowds at the Wall
A government shutdown
Currency reform
Answer
Massive crowds gathered at the Berlin Wall after Günter Schabowski, the press secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of East Germany, mistakenly announced that East Germans would be allowed to travel freely between East and West Berlin. This led to a chaotic situation at border checkpoints, as East German border guards were unprepared for the sudden influx of people and did not know how to handle the situation.
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Schabowski's press conference mistake led to the fall of what?
After the Wall's opening, what else was opened soon after?
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