His policies sound particularly good to the people of the GDR , especially the young people
83% of young people questioned supported him
Becomes a face for change in a police controlled state
Comes to a head at the 40th anniversary - as the crowd starts chanting ‘gorby,gorby, gorby!’
Starts to get fractures inside the GDR - people come to the conclusion if the soviet union can change, then why can't the GDR change too?