On the anniversary of the Wall’s construction, some 300 people demonstrate against the Wall on the Eastern side of the Brandenburg Gate. There are no clashes with security forces, but there are some arrests.
17 August
1987
The former deputy of Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, dies aged 93 in a British military hospital in West Berlin.
26 August
1987
After the GDR on July 1 orders a reduction in the graduated exchange of DM by GDR citizens travelling to the West, the West German government decides to compensate by raising the "Begrüssungsgeld" ("welcome money") for visitors from the GDR from 30 DM twice a year to 100 DM once a year per visitor per year.
27 August
1987
SED and SPD jointly publish an article entitled "The Clash of Ideologies and Joint Security" ("Der Streit der Ideologien und die gemeinsame Sicherheit"). It elaborates ideas for long-term cooperation against the backdrop of the ideological differences between social democrats and communists. The SPD attests that the SED is capable of reform.
