Berliner youths wave German flags during the celebration of the country’s reunification at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Oct. 3, 1990.
Despite all the uncertainty that the COVID‑19 pandemic brought to the world in 2020, Germany has an important milestone to celebrate this year — its 30th anniversary of reunification.
Held annually on Oct. 3, German Unity Day is the country’s national holiday that marks the reunion of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The two states were divided for 45 years since the end of the World War II, with the defeat of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler. The division lasted until 1990.
