Mikhail Gorbachev was the GDR’s last guest of state to visit Schönhausen House Mikhail Gorbachev made a memorable and quite momentous visit to East Berlin on October 6‒7, 1989. Gorbachev, the head of state [...] Soviet Union, and his wife Raisa Gorbacheva spent these two days at (Nieder-) Schönhausen House in Berlin-Pankow. The government leadership of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) used the palace as acc [...] Gorbachev, was replaced by Egon Krenz on October 18th by the other members of the Politburo. The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. Also interesting Schönhausen House Topic page Historic Places Int