The monetary union of July 1, 1990
The Peaceful Revolution reached its provisional conclusion in the fall of 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall, but when can we talk about German unity? On October 3, 1990 or on July 1, 1990, the date of monetary, economic and social union?
Image gallery
Die Währungsunion vom 1. Juli 1990
What is certain is that with the adoption of the Federal Republic's economic and socio-political system and the introduction of the D-Mark as the sole means of payment in the GDR, unity was formally completed to the greatest possible extent.
At last, Western money was no longer the projection screen for unfulfilled consumer desires. However, the cat's meow of the first redundancies and rising costs was not long in coming. All this is shown in the new special exhibition on the 35th anniversary of monetary union, which will be opened that evening.
Keynote speech: Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, Historian DDR Museum, Berlin/ Bayreuth
Introduction: Sören Marotz, Exhibition Director DDR Museum
(IN GERMAN)
Additional information
Meeting point: Conference room DDR Museum, Sankt Wolfgang-Str. 2, 10178 Berlin
Dates
July 2025
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