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Exhibition theme: The Transformation of the GDR: A campaign by the "Citizens' Initiative for German Unity" [20/39]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

December 1 1989 - January 31 1990
Unknown
Created By: Uwe-Michael Troppenz

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

Citizens’ Action Group for German Unity, Güstrow, Winter 1989/1990

A campaign by the "Bürgerinitiative Deutsche Einheit" (BDE) ("Citizens' Initiative for German Unity") an initiative that emerged from the "International Society for Human Rights" (ISHR) which counted many GDR migrants among its members. The BDE was founded in Schleswig in January 1990 in order to support the opposition in the GDR on its path to reunification.

Depicts

election campaign, election poster, engineering vehicle, group of people, logo, man, motto, signboard

Context

civil rights movement, German reunification, opposition, politician, relief supplies, resettler, speech, town twinning

People/Organizations

Democratic Beginning, New Forum

Places

Güstrow

Text in image

Ausfahrt / frei halten!

Achtung / Gabelstapler- / verkehr!

Die / ehrliche / Alternative / DA

Other items in this set

Shortly after the border was opened, changes were pushed through in the GDR. The most conspicuous came about during the campaign for the Volkskammer election in March 1990, when countless election posters, often with commentaries, became a popular motif for photographers. Important, too, was the presence of leading West German politicians at election meetings in all of the larger towns in East Germany – not to mention the elections themselves. The currency union, which came about on 1 July 1990, put Western goods in shops at standard prices. This was a first step in bringing the East closer to the West.