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The German WallGermany 1989: A New Type of Revolution?

The German Wall: Germany 1989: A New Type of Revolution? [During the summer of 2009, Germany was inundated by a tsunami of commemorations for the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Wall in 1989. Newspapers such as the Tagesspiegel ran a series of personal stories, recalling the transformation of individual lives; TV networks such as ORF broadcast films of memorable moments such as the Pan-European picnic that opened the Hungarian border; opposition groups put together exhibitions such as the open air gallery on the democratic awakening at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin; academics organized numerous international conferences, culminating in the Berlin history forum on “Europe between Division and Revolt”; and politicians, involved in a lackluster election campaign, endlessly pontificated on the civic lessons of the overthrow of the SED dictatorship.1 At the risk of triggering revulsion, this emotional evocation has inadvertently demonstrated how far the collapse of communism has receded from the concerns of the present. The time has come to historicize 1989.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The German WallGermany 1989: A New Type of Revolution?

Part of the Studies in European Culture and History Book Series
Editors: Silberman, Marc
Jarausch, Konrad H.
The German Wall — Oct 19, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2011
ISBN
978-1-349-29431-2
Pages
11 –35
DOI
10.1057/9780230118577_2
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Abstract

[During the summer of 2009, Germany was inundated by a tsunami of commemorations for the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Wall in 1989. Newspapers such as the Tagesspiegel ran a series of personal stories, recalling the transformation of individual lives; TV networks such as ORF broadcast films of memorable moments such as the Pan-European picnic that opened the Hungarian border; opposition groups put together exhibitions such as the open air gallery on the democratic awakening at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin; academics organized numerous international conferences, culminating in the Berlin history forum on “Europe between Division and Revolt”; and politicians, involved in a lackluster election campaign, endlessly pontificated on the civic lessons of the overthrow of the SED dictatorship.1 At the risk of triggering revulsion, this emotional evocation has inadvertently demonstrated how far the collapse of communism has receded from the concerns of the present. The time has come to historicize 1989.]

Published: Oct 19, 2015

Keywords: Party Member; Social Market Economy; Secret Police; Free Election; Secret Service

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