| Description |
iv, 324 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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1. "Bohlen Platform": Communique after a Meeting of Representatives of Diverse Socialist Reform Groups of the GDR -- 2. "New Beginning '89": Call for the Founding of the Political Grouping "New Forum" in the GDR -- 3. "A Call for Intervention in Our Own Affairs": Flyer of the Citizens' Movement "Democracy Now" -- 4. "Call for an Initiative Group 'Social-Democratic Party' in the GDR" -- 5. Joint Declaration of Oppositional Groups in the GDR -- 6. "I'm Staying": Essay by the GDR Historian Karlheinz Blaschke in Response to the Fortieth Anniversary of the GDR -- 7. Statement by the "New Forum" on the Occasion of the Fortieth Anniversary of the GDR -- 8. "Great Things Were Accomplished by the People and for the People": Erich Honecker's Speech on the Occasion of the Fortieth Anniversary of the GDR -- 9. "We Are United by the Ideals of Socialism and Peace": Michail Gorbachev's Speech on the Occasion of the Fortieth Anniversary of the GDR -- 10. Flyer to Welcome East German Emigrants at the Border Crossing in Passau -- 11. Declaration by Participants at a Meeting of the "Unified Left" in Bohlen near Leipzig -- 12. Erich Honecker's Resignation Speech -- 13. Egon Krenz's Television Address After Assuming the Post of General Secretary of the SED -- 14. Preliminary Declaration of Principles and Discussion Paper of the Reform Group "Democratic Awakening" -- 15. Egon Krenz's Television and Radio Address to the Citizens of the GDR -- 16. Call for the Founding of a Green Party in the GDR -- 17. Speeches at the Protest Demonstration on Alexanderplatz in East Berlin -- 18. Egon Krenz's Speech Before the Central Committee on the Occasion of the Restructuring of the Politburo -- 19. Resolution of the Ministerrat of the GDR Regarding the Opening of the Border to the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin -- 20. Walter Momper's Acceptance Speech upon his Election as President of the West German Bundesrat -- 21. Speeches at the Schoneberg City Hall in West Berlin -- 22. "The Wall has Fallen": Statement by the "New Forum" Regarding the Opening of the Border -- 23. Hans Modrow's Government Policy Statement Before the GDR Volkskammer -- 24. "'We Must Not Falsify Once More.' What Preceded and What Followed the Events of October 9 in Leipzig": Speech by Kurt Masur, Director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra -- 25. Call for an Autonomous GDR -- 26. Helmut Kohl's Ten-Point Plan for Overcoming the Division of Germany and Europe: Speech before the Bundestag -- 27. "Ash Wednesday in the GDR" / Stefan Heym -- 28. Statement by Gunter Schabowski Announcing the Resignation of the Central Committee and the Politburo of the SED -- 29. Egon Krenz's Speech on the Occasion of His Resignation as Chair of the Staatsrat and as Chair of the National Defense Council -- 30. Self-Definition of the East German Round Table, Formulated at its First Meeting -- 31. Speech by Gregor Gysi, Chair of the SED, Before the Special Party Congress -- 32. "On the Formation of a Common German State": Declaration by the "New Forum" -- 33. Statement by the Round Table Regarding the Visit of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Dresden -- 34. Helmut Kohl's Speech at the Ruins of the Church of Our Lady in Dresden -- 35. "Pious Wishes, Open Questions" / Gunter de Bruyn -- 36. Helmut Kohl's New Year's Television Address to the German People -- 37. Government Policy Statement by Hans Modrow, Chair of the Ministerrat of the GDR, Before the Volkskammer -- 38. Statement by the Chair of the Ministerrat of the GDR, Hans Modrow, Addressed to the Participants at the Round Table -- 39. Resolutions of the Eighth Meeting of the Round Table Concerning Relations Between the Round Table and the Government of the GDR -- 40. Plan for a Unified Germany, Presented by Hans Modrow, Chair of the Ministerrat of the GDR -- 41. "No More Chances for Us?" / Martina Krone -- 42. Communique by Helmut Kohl after his Discussion with Soviet General Secretary Michail Gorbachev in Moscow -- 43. Positions of the Round Table for the Negotiations Between the Two German Heads of State, Helmut Kohl and Hans Modrow, in Bonn -- 44. Press Conference after the Meeting between Helmut Kohl and Hans Modrow in Bonn -- 45. Policy Statement by Chancellor Helmut Kohl Before the Bundestag of the FRG -- 46. Policy Statement by Prime Minister Hans Modrow Before the Volkskammer of the GDR -- 47. "Alliance for Germany": Mail Circular of the "Alliance for Germany" in the District of Bohlitz-Ehrenberg in the Vicinity of Leipzig -- 48. "'That was it. Trap Shut. The Monkey lives': An Obituary for the GDR, a Farewell from 131 Chaussee Strasse, and a Few Frank Words about the Perpetrators Who Now View Themselves as Victims" / Wolf Biermann -- 49. Preamble of the Social Charter Proposed by the Round Table -- 50. Election Poster of "Alliance 90" -- 51. "The Great Changing of the Wheel, or The Revolution Without Utopia" / Klaus Hartung -- 52. "D-Mark Nationalism" / Jurgen Habermas -- 53. Government Policy Statement by Lothar de Maiziere, First Freely Elected Prime Minister of the GDR, Before the Volkskammer -- 54. "Article 23 of the Basic Law: No Connection at this Number": Pamphlet of the Green Party of Lower Saxony -- 55. Statements by West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher at the Opening of the Two-Plus-Four Talks in Bonn -- 56. Preamble to the Treaty Creating a Currency, Economic, and Social Union Between the FRG and the GDR -- 57. Summary of the Most Important Points of the Treaty Creating a Currency, Economic, and Social Union -- 58. Speeches on the Occasion of the Signing of the Treaty Creating a Currency, Economic, and Social Union -- 59. "No to the State Treaty": Declaration of Opposition to the State Treaty by Renegade West German Social-Democratic Parliamentarians -- 60. Television Address by Hans-Jochen Vogel, Leader of the West German Social-Democratic Party, on the Enactment of the Treaty Creating a Currency, Economic, and Social Union -- 61. Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Report on His Discussions with Michail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union -- 62. "The Remains of Approximately 15,000 Days of a Socialist Planned Economy": GDR Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere's Speech on the Occasion of the Signing of the German Unification Treaty -- 63. The Wording of the Two-Plus-Four Treaty, signed by the Foreign Ministers of the USA, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, the GDR, and the FRG -- 64. The Unification Treaty -- 65. Television Addresses on the Eve of the Day of German Unity -- 66. "A 'Steal' Called the GDR": Speech Given at the Reichstag on October 2, 1990, Before the Delegations of the Greens and Alliance 90 / Gunter Grass -- 67. Speech by Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Former President of the GDR Volkskammer, at the State Ceremony on the Day of German Unity -- 68. Address by President Richard von Weizsacker at the State Ceremony on the Day of German Unity -- 69. Stefan Heym, "Built on Sand". |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language |
Documents translated from German. |
| Subject |
Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990 -- Sources.
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Germany (East) -- Politics and government -- 1989-1990 -- Sources.
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Germany (West) -- Politics and government -- 1982-1990 -- Sources.
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Opposition (Political science) -- Germany (East) -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Gray, Richard T.
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Wilke, Sabine, 1957-
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| ISBN |
0295974915 alkaline paper |
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