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The Day of German Unity (German: Tag der Deutschen Einheit) is a national holiday in Germany, celebrated on 3 October, which commemorates the anniversary of German reunification in 1990.
An alternative choice would have been the day the Berlin Wall came down—9 November 1989, which coincided with the anniversary of the founding of the first real German Republic (the Weimar Republic) in 1918 and the defeat of Hitler's first coup in 1923. However, 9 November was also the anniversary of the first large-scale Nazi-led pogroms against Jews in 1938 (Kristallnacht), so the day was considered inappropriate as a national holiday. Therefore, 3 October 1990, the day of formal reunion, was chosen instead.
Before reunification, in West Germany the "Day of German Unity" was 17 June; this was an interpretation of a failed 1953 revolt staged by East German workers mainly against a raise in work quotas. The revolt was crushed with Soviet aid; the exact number of fatalities is unknown, but estimated at somewhere above 100. In East Germany, the national holiday was 7 October, being called Day of the Republic (Tag der Republik), commemorating the foundation of the GDR in 1949.
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