Günter Schabowski

Günter Schabowski dies in Berlin at the age of 86.

Schabowski publicly apologizes to the victims of the East German regime.

Schabowski loses his mandate as a member of the Volkskammer.

Schabowski announces the opening of the Berlin Wall at a press conference.

Schabowski becomes a member of the Politburo of the SED.

Schabowski becomes editor-in-chief of the SED newspaper 'Neues Deutschland'.

Schabowski becomes the First Secretary of the SED in East Berlin.

Schabowski begins his career as a journalist.

Schabowski becomes a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).

Günter Schabowski is born in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.