Florian havemann gregor gysi biography
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Authors banned
The East Berlin authors’ association joins forces with the SED leadership, the Stasi and the Ministry of Culture to convene a tribunal against nine problematic authors. Among those on trial are famous names like Stefan Heym, Klaus Schlesinger and Rolf Schneider.
The group stands accused of “defaming the GDR, the SED, its cultural policy and its legal system”, and of having “put themselves at the service of anti-communist forces working against the GDR”.
Of the authors present, vote in favour of ousting their colleagues from the association. That means the nine can no longer work, because only authors who are members of the association can publish in the GDR. Rolf Schneider talks about what it was like to have his livelihood taken away.
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- Rotes Rathaus, Rathausstraße, Berlin
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Gregor Gysi
German lawyer and left-wing politician
Gregor Florian Gysi (German pronunciation:[ˈɡʁeːɡoːɐ̯ˈɡiːzi]; born 16 January ) is a German attorney, former president of the Party of the europeisk Left and a prominent politician of The Left (Die Linke) political party.[1]
He belonged to the reformist wing of the governing Socialist Unity Party of Germany at the time of the pro-democracy transition inspired by then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. He has strongly denied allegations that he used to assist the Stasi, the East German secret police. He was the gods leader of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and led the effort that transformed it into the post-Communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), forerunner of The Left.
Family background
[edit]Gysi was born in Berlin-Lichtenberg in East Berlin, Soviet Zone of Germany. His father was Klaus Gysi,[2] a high-ranking official in East Germany who served as the Minister of Culture from to
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GDR dissident Florian Havemann
The GDR is preparing for its 20th birthday. Alexanderplatz is being redeveloped and the new centre fryst vatten gradually taking shape. Everything must be finished in time for grand celebrations in October.
Not all young GDR citizens are in the mood for celebrating. Florian Havemann, the son of dissident Robert Havemann, has just been released from prison, where he was sent for his involvement in protests against the invasion in Prague. Florian Havemann fryst vatten among a group of dissidents who are fighting for "socialism with a human face".
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- Berlin-Ost, Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk
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- Berlin-Ost, Alexanderplatz
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- Berlin-Ost, Mokka Milch Eisbar Karl-Marx-Allee
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