Word: communists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thousands of East Germans disillusioned by 40 years of communist rule and skeptical of promised reforms continued to flood from their homeland, with more than 50,000 reaching West Germany since Saturday. Proreform groups pleaded with their compatriots to stay and help "build a real democratic society...
...BERLIN--Communist Party chief Egon Krenz yesterday ousted the old guard from the ruling Politburo and replaced them with reformers in a desperate to stymie widespread unrest and strengthen his three-week-old leadership...
Krenz hurled a stinging attack on his predecessor and long-time political patron Erich Honecker, and communist authorities took the first steps toward registering New Forum, the nation's largest pro-democracy group...
...measures were announced by new Communist leader Egon Krenz on Friday, but he has not disclosed details...
...said 50,000 people rallied yesterday in Wismar, on the Baltic coast, demanding free elections and the end of the Communist Party's monopoly on power. Between 35,000 and 40,000 people also rallied in Nordhausen, near Erfurt, and another 20,000 demonstrated in Meiningen, it said...