Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ma'aikatar ta yi, duk da haka, ta tattara da kuma kula da kididdigar kan 'yan ƙasa da ke barin ƙasar, gami da wani ɓangare na waɗanda ke neman ziyartar "yamma". A farkon 1989 Sakatare Janar na Jam'iyyar (watau shugaban gwamnati) Erich Honecker ya yi sanarwa a bainar jama'a cewa bangon Berlin zai kasance har yanzu "a cikin shekaru hamsin kuma a zahiri a cikin shekaru ɗari". Wannan ya haifar da karuwar adadin mutanen da ke son barin kasar, ba kawai don tafiya zuwa kasashen waje ba, amma har abada. Wannan ci gaban ya zo ne a cikin yanayin da ya fi girma a cikin 1989 a cikin zanga-zangar tituna masu adawa da gwamnati. A baya hukumomin tsaro na gwamnati na iya "karya" a kan zanga-zangar titin 'yan ƙasa, ta amfani da duk wani matakin zalunci da ya zama dole, kuma an tallafawa kamar yadda ake buƙata ta sojojin Soviet da tankuna. Wannan ya faru ne a shekara ta 1953
Ka yi haƙuri. Amma a 1989, tare da iskar Glasnost tana busawa daga (duk wurare) Moscow, kuma tare da Erich Honecker ba shi da lafiya, Politburo ya zama shanyayye da rashin yanke shawara. Wannan zai haifar da wani fanko wanda jami'an da ke ƙasa a cikin matsayi na iko za su sami kansu a wasu lokuta ana kiran su don cikawa. A halin yanzu, ƙwarewar tunanin Gerhard Lauter, haɗe da aikinsa a sashen da ke kula da ƙididdigar da ta dace, ya sanya shi ɗaya daga cikin mutanen da suka fi sani a Gabashin Jamus game da aikace-aikacen ƙaura da ƙididdigar ƙaura. A cikin watanni shida na farko na shekara ta 1989, kusan 'yan Jamus ta Gabas 22,000 ne suka nemi izini su yi ƙaura. Wannan idan aka kwatanta da aikace-aikacen ƙaura 30,000 kawai da aka aiwatar a cikin watanni goma sha biyu na shekarar da ta gabata. "Wannan alama ce ta cewa mutane suna jefa kuri'a da ƙafafunsu", a cikin hukuncin Lauter.