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When did East Berlin join the Federal Republic of Germany?

  • 3 October 1990

  • 1 January 1990

  • 9 November 1989

  • 3 October 1989

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East Berlin joined the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990. The German Democratic Republic (GDR) was dissolved and its five states were merged with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). This was the culmination of the reunification process that had begun with the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989.
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