East German Views on Revolution and Unity from the West
For decades, dissidents suffered in the SED dictatorship, were undermined, persecuted and imprisoned. Some managed to find their way to freedom even before the end of the GDR. Their perspectives on the peaceful revolution and the process of reunification are the focus of the event.
Image gallery
Gruß an Nachbarn. Herzliche Begrüßung unter Nachbarn, die jahrzehntelang nur wenige Meter voneinander entfernt und doch unerreichbar füreinander lebten. Frohnauer Invalidensiedlung (Bezirk Reinickendorf), Oktober 1990.
How did they experience it when citizens in the GDR fought for freedom and democracy, elected the last People's Chamber of the GDR on March 18, 1990 and the path to German unity was paved? Did they return and get involved? Were they disappointed or did they welcome the developments? How did their first encounters with former companions go? How do they remember dealing with those who had worked for or supported the dictatorship's repressive apparatus? These and other experiences from the other side of the wall will be discussed with the panel guests.
PROGRAM
Welcome
- Cornelia Seibeld, President of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Frank Ebert, Berlin Commissioner for the Reappraisal of the Past
Discussion guests
Burkhard Veigel, former escape helper in West BerlinRalf Hirsch, expatriated in 1988, then advisor to the Governing Mayor of Berlin until 1991
Dieter Dombrowski, ransomed in 1974, today Chairman of the Union of Victims' Associations of Communist Tyranny
Dr. Annette Schuhmann, left the country in July 1989, studied at the Free University of Berlin in April 1990, now a research associate at the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Research in Potsdam
Moderation
Ulrike Bieritz, editor of Inforadio
Previous registration is required and is requested by March 11, 2025 by email to oeffentlichkeitsarbeit@parlament-berlin.de
(TALK IN GERMAN)
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