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The peaceful protest that brought down East Germany (www.dw.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by WeUnite@lemm.ee to c/history@hexbear.net

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[–] Yllych@hexbear.net 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow another article painting the GDR as "authoritarian" without interrogating what that actually means or a comparison to West Germany.

The people gathered to demand freedom and democracy and then everything was good again.

blob-no-thoughts I mean really

[–] miz@hexbear.net 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Stasi State or Socialist Paradise? [PDF] by Bruni de la Motte and John Green

[–] Test_Tickles@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

thank you, i'm going to read this

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

I saw John Green and I got very confused

[–] Skye@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago

This source is literally German state propaganda, btw

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 3 weeks ago

Bruhhh, you really need to read this one:

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Lmao what the fuck

Edit: honecker-interesting