113 Germany (GDR/DDR) 1989 ▶ NVA Army Parade - Erich Honnecker and Michail Gorbachev (07.10.1989) East German Republic Day / 40. Jahrestag der Republik
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The East German Republic Day Parade of 1989 (Ehrenparade der Nationalen Volksarmee zum 40. Jahrestag der DDR 1989) was a parade on Karl-Marx-Allee (between Strausberger Platz and Alexanderplatz) in East Berlin on 7 October 1989 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of East Germany. This was the last East German Republic Day Parade and the last major East German political event with the regime falling mere weeks later. In Germany, this parade is remembered as the end of "the great period of military parades". Defense Minister Army General Heinz Kessler inspected the parade while accompanied by Deputy Minister of Defense Army General Horst Stechbarth who commanded the parade. Military bands from the Military Music Service of the National People's Army representing three of the four services of the Nationale Volksarmee and the Corps of Drums of the Friedrich Engels Guard Regiment performed the military marches at the parade, including the Präsentiermasrch nationalevolksarmee and te Parademarsch № 1 der Nationalen Volksarmee. The event was accompanied by protests and more than 1,000 demonstrators were arrested. The direct transmission on television of the GDR was commented by the reporter Bert Sprafke. There was also a naval parade (Flottenparade) of the NVA's Volksmarine in the port city of Rostock. It was led by Admiral Theodor Hoffmann, Commander of the Volksmarine.
Attendees and international guests:
East Germany General Secretary National Defense Council Chairman Erich Honecker
East Germany Prime Minister Willi Stoph
East Germany Volkskammer President Horst Sindermann
East Germany Minister of Defense Army General Heinz Kessler
East Germany Minister of National Education and Spouse of the Chairman of the State Council Margot Honecker
East Germany Secretary of the Magdeburg District Committee of the SED Werner Eberlein
Soviet Union Soviet Chairman and Communist Party General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa Gorbacheva
Romania Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu
Bulgaria Bulgarian Chairman Todor Zhivkov
Mongolia Mongolian Chairman and People's Revolutionary Party General Secretary Jambyn Batmönkh
Poland Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski
Poland Polish United Workers' Party First Secretary Mieczysław Rakowski
Nicaragua Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Communist Party First Secretary Miloš Jakeš
Palestine Liberation Organization Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat
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