Yeah I really don't know much (read: almost nothing) about the DDR. I do know that it was by reputation much more repressive than the USSR, like by an order of magnitude.
--- Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Chris, I will concede the point regarding the USSR,
> which I know very little about.
>
> The point is valid for the DDR, however, which I do
> know about. The Montagsdemonstrationen were
> initially
> demonstrations for political freedoms. The
> stereotype
> of "Banana Gabi" is a vicious Wessi caricature,
> though
> once monetary union occured, it was inevitable that
> people would start wanting Western goods. Do not
> however underestimate the sneaky role played by the
> CDU and the western secret services, and the
> historical revisionism which paints the Monday
> demonstrations as a nationalist movement all along.
>
>
>
>
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