Prominent Figures: GDR Secretary of the Interior Diestel at the Gebrannte Brücke border crossing [17/23]

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July 1 1990
Hönbach (Suhl district, now Thüringen)/Neustadt bei Coburg (Bavaria)(Gebrannte Brücke) border crossing
Created By: Heinz Bischoff

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The former East German Secretary of the Interior Peter-Michael Diestel at the Gebrannte Brücke border crossing, between Neustadt bei Coburg (Bavaria) and Hönbach, a sector of Sonneberg (Suhl district, now Thuringia)

"Gebrannte Brücke, between Hönbach in Sonneberg and Neustadt bei Coburg, lies on the border between Thuringia and Bavaria. Here, on 1 July 1990, the agreement on the abolishment of border control along the inner German border was signed." (Retrieved and translated from Wikipedia: Gebrannte Brücke, on May 18, 2009)

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man, member of the People's Police, one person

Context

inner German border

People/Organizations

Diestel, Peter-Michael

Places

Gebrannte Brücke, Hönbach, Hönbach/Neustadt bei Coburg (Gebrannte Brücke) border crossing, Neustadt bei Coburg

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