The Tag der Deutschen Einheit (“Day of German Unity”) is celebrated each year as a public holiday on 3rd October. In 1990 it replaced the previous holidays of 17th June in West Germany and 7th October in East Germany.
The main celebrations are held in the capital city of a different state each year.
The date was chosen arbitrarily and celebrates the day in 1990 when re-unification took place. Celebrating the day the Berlin Wall fell was felt inappropriate, as by co-incidence it is also the anniversary of the Reichspogromnacht in 1938.
To hear a simple explanation in German, listen to the podcast:
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About Graham
Dear Mr. Graham,
Ich mag keinen Harry Potter. I did some pottery. I prefer that. I pray every day not only on Allerheiligen and I do not like those funny Reformationstage. I do not like my cursor to jump to the left every time I want to write. They should teach at school what all this means. Mr. Peppler has an owl to teach him he things. Wisdom comes from the proverbs not from owls. The only eat mice. The devil is at work I guess. Have a happy day. Karin
P.S. my-twin sister is also called Michaela.. she cannot help me with PC unfortunately. She is afraid of going to facebook. I am not. I can tell the truth to anybody. I am bold enough to fight spam or snakes.