FASCINATION ABOUT LIST BLACK MARKET

Folks fed up with the specific situation in East Germany - and inspired by Gorbachev's coverage of glasnost and perestroika - took on the streets in escalating quantities in 1989. There was a substantial demonstration at Alexanderplatz in Oct 1989. On 9 November 1989, GDR press secretary Günter Schabowski browse aloud a fresh decree with regards t