01 October, 1990
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl with his wife Hannelore, Foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher (left) and President Von Weiszäcker (right) at the reunification party in the Reichstag. At midnight on 3 October 1990, East and West Germany were reunified after 45 years of separation.
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