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2 November 1989 (Thursday)

A day of resignations: the First Secretary of the Suhl SED district leadership, Hans Albrecht, and the First Secretary of the Gera SED district leadership, Herbert Ziegenhan, step down from office. Gerald Götting resigns as CDU chairman, Heinrich Homann as chairman of the NDPD (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands; Eng.: National Democratic Party of Germany) and Harry Tisch as chairman of the FDBG (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund; Eng. Free German Trade Union Federation).

One day previously, the "Berliner Zeitung," the organ of the Berlin SED district leadership, reported on the "construction of an oversized and overpriced private home" for the IG Metall chairman Gerhard Nennstiel, paid for with union money.The FDGB daily newspaper "Tribüne" suspects a smear campaign. The RIAS reports on the scandal. (In the report, the surname of the head of IG Metall is given incorrectly.)

RIAS report on the FDGB scandal, 2 November 1989 (in German)

In Erfurt, Guben, Gera and Halle, more than 10,000 people in each city demonstrate for reforms.

In November, 133,429 GDR citizens succeed in fleeing to the West.