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Considered the 1980-1991 End of the Cold War; the 1941-1991 The Cold War arguably started in Germany, and ended with the resolution of the German problem
- 1989 Nov 9: Destruction of Berlin Wall begins
- 1989: Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with a mixed East/West German symphony; same performance repeated in East & West Germany to celebrate reunification
- 1990 Sept 12: Two-Plus-Four Treaty signed in Moscow
- ended partition of Germany
- terminated residual rights of former occupying powers
- committed new state to recognising Oder-Neisse border with Poland
- 1990 Oct 2: German Democratic Republic (E. Germany) integrated into Federal Republic of Germany (W. Germany) → REUNITED!