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How the German parties are marking #TagDerBefreiung on twitter: The CDU is emphasizing remembering victims and responsibility The SPD is emphasizing the message of "Never Again" and victims of Nazi

#GDR #OTD 1961 – Construction of Berlin Wall begins - it will stand for the next 28 years. (1) Berlin was already a divided city, but thousands still commuted daily

The Helsinki Accords were signed 45 years ago #otd - but they weren't the revolution in human rights politics that many claim they were.https://historyned.blog/2015/08/01/40-years-later-rethinking-the-helsinki-accords-and-human-rights/

The reverse-image of those who view East Germany exclusively through lens of repression, the romanticized view of the GDR that leaves out how many of these things were tied to

#GDR #OTD 1994 – Former East German leader Erich Honecker dies in exile in Santiago, Chile (1) A member of the Communist movement since youth, Erich Honecker joined the Communist

Happy 70th birthday Grundgesetz! It’s often called the German Constitution, but the Basic Law was not actually meant to serve as a full constitution for the newly created Federal German

#GDR #OTD 1968 – Artist and pioneer of political montage John Heartfield dies in East Berlin (1) John Heartfield, born Helmut Herzfeld – changed name as a protest against anti-British

1915 propaganda map imagining the future of Europe after a German victory in the First World War. My favourite bit is the magnanimous gesture of allowing an independent England exclusively

#GDR #OTD 1990 – Demo in East Berlin against imposition of restrictive West Germany abortion law S. 218 (1) In 1972, East German legalized abortion w. out condition in first

In East Germany, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. did not make the news until April 6. Here is the coverage from the SED national party organ Neues Deutschland.

There have been a number of posts about preserving human rights during the crisis - I think this isn’t the right framing. During an event of of this magnitude, the