1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,020 The GDR, however it may be assessed historically, 2 00:00:04,660 --> 00:00:06,060 was, for each and every one of us, 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,000 with very different experiences, 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,000 the life we had lived up to that point. 5 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,000 Just as we have all become who we are, 6 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 we have become who we are here. 7 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,000 And I regret that the unification process 8 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 has been reduced to a mere annexation, 9 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,000 but I am convinced 10 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,000 there are also new opportunities. 11 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:10,000 We can still set the signals 12 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,500 towards reconciliation 13 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:13,500 rather than hostility. 14 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,240 Truly, they have made an effort. 15 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,500 You, the construction workers, 16 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:22,500 and our entire people 17 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:25,500 take pride of 18 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:28,000 this Palace of the Republic. 19 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,500 Our socialist culture 20 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:40,000 will also find a homeland here, 21 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,240 just like the cheerfulness and conviviality 22 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,240 of the working people. 23 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:27,120 In April 1976, the palace was officially inaugurated. 24 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,000 So here we are today, to celebrate a festival. 25 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:35,140 A celebration of the people of our Republic. 26 00:06:35,140 --> 00:06:38,000 For this building, 27 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,240 Palace of the Republic, 28 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:45,000 was built by the builders for themselves and their peers, 29 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:50,240 erected with the marble of the hard-won, 30 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:56,000 the steel of concentration in its halls, 31 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,000 it will yield thoughts, 32 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,180 like a mine yields coal. 33 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,240 Yes, 34 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:10,000 Palace of the victors of history. 35 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,240 Working class, 36 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,240 You, construction workers, 37 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:21,160 you are the first to be thanked. 38 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,160 Our task, of course, is to provide information, 39 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,000 primarily about the Palace of the Republic, 40 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 which represents something completely new of its kind. 41 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,180 We also provide information about the capital 42 00:09:05,180 --> 00:09:08,120 and our main task is, in fact, to do everything 43 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,000 to ensure our guests feel truly at ease in our house. 44 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,240 Do you speak foreign languages? Yes! 45 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,240 (Russian) Do you speak Russian? 46 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:19,240 Yes, I speak Russian. I used to work as a tour guide. 47 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,000 (Russian) Do you speak any other languages? 48 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,240 (Russian) Yes, English as well. 49 00:09:23,010 --> 00:09:24,240 English. 50 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,240 (English) Where were you employed before? 51 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,000 (English) I was employed at the GDR travel agency. 52 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,240 To the General Secretary of the Central Committee 53 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,180 of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany 54 00:27:05,180 --> 00:27:08,240 Comrade Erich Honecker was elected. 55 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:27,240 Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! 56 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,240 There will be no more GDR. 57 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,000 The GDR will be nothing 58 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,000 but a footnote in world history. 59 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,120 The People’s Chamber declares the accession of the GDR 60 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:52,240 to the scope of application of the Basic Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany 61 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,240 in accordance with Article 23 of the Federal Constitution 62 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,240 with effect from 3 October 1990. 63 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,120 This is available to you in printed paper 201. 64 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,240 Parliament has decided, no more and no less, 65 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:12,240 than the abolition of the German Democratic Republic on 3 October 1990 66 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,012 right now. 67 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,000 The GDR, however it may be historically assessed, 68 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,120 was for each of us 69 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,240 – with very different experiences – 70 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,240 the life we had lived up to that point. 71 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,160 With immediate effect, the Palace of the Republic, 72 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,160 due to health risks posed by asbestos, 73 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,120 Just as we all have become, 74 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,120 we have become here.