So, the absorptive capacity of the FRG is essentially exhausted. There are already more than, or less than provisional um , that these people have to count on, if they are put up there.
Shelter is the minimum for constructing an existence. Finding work is decisive, essential Beil: softly So, we want A decision was made today, as far as I know looking toward Labs and Banaschak in hope of confirmation. A recommendation from the Politburo was taken up that we take a passage from the [draft of] travel regulation and put it into effect, that, um —as it is called, for better or worse—that regulates permanent exit, leaving the Republic.
Since we find it um unacceptable that this movement is taking place um across the territory of an allied state, um which is not an easy burden for that country to bear. Therefore um , we have decided today um to implement a regulation that allows every citizen of the German Democratic Republic um to um leave the GDR through any of the border crossings. Question: many voices When does that go into effect? Without a passport?
At what point does the regulation take effect? Schabowski: What? Question: At once? You should actually have it already. Therefore um , we have decided today um to implement a regulation that allows every citizen of the German Democratic Republic um to um leave the GDR through any of the border crossings.
You should actually have it already. So, reading very quickly from the paper : 1 "Applications for travel abroad by private individuals can now be made without the previously existing requirements of demonstrating a need to travel or proving familial relationships. The travel authorizations will be issued within a short time. Grounds for denial will only be applied in particular exceptional cases.
The responsible departments of passport and registration control in the People's Police district offices in the GDR are instructed to issue visas for permanent exit without delays and without presentation of the existing requirements for permanent exit. Schabowski: Looks through his papers Yet Schabowski was also one of very few former communist functionaries of the entire bloc of former communist countries who expressed his guilt and regret for the failures of communist regime or apologised to its victims.
Paradoxically, he was also one of the few East European communists who served his time in a jail. Along with Egon Krenz and others, he had been instrumental in removing the old communist regime led by Erich Honecker.
He served nine months of a three-year sentence before being pardoned by Berlin's mayor in He turned firmly against communism, publicly backing Germany's main conservative party, the Christian Democrats, in a Berlin election. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
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