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@genossin-astrid
Hi, I'm Astrid. I'm 19.
I post about the German Democratic Republic. 🔨🌾
Asks are always on, I love to spread the knowledge & debate 🫶
My Quotev (yes, I post east germany stuff)
MASTERLIST
Drugging athletes
Book recs ✨️
East vs West statistics
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EAST GERMAN FILM RECS ✨️
. Liepzig im Herbst - A documentary about the 1989 protests in East Germany.
. Go Trabi Go - A comedy movie set in 1990 Germany, just after reunification. Following a family undertaking an Italian trip from the famous book Italianischer Reise by Goethe.
. Letztes jahr titanic - A documentary about East Germany during and after reunification, with a handful of interviews of women, men, black, and white workers suffering the effects of capitalism.
. Go Trabi Go 2 - A sequel following the same family trying to navigate the poverty and hardship of post-unification Germany.
. DDR Geheim - Das Unsichtbare Kommando - A documentary made in the 00s focussing on the former counter-terrorism police of East Germany.
. Streng Geheim - For eyes only - A comedy film made in East Germany after the discovery of DECO II invasion plans with the intention of mocking them.
. DDR Geheim - Honeckers Elitetruppe Die Fallschirmjäger - A documentary about the experiences of the paratrooping special forces of the East German army, it also covers the almost implimentation of Tag X plans to end the 1989 protests and prevent the colonization of East Germany.
. Der Ochse von Kulm - Another comedy movie from East Germany, its mostly procedural and takes place in a court room but I adore the beginning scene where they mock liberals from the USA.
. DDR Geheim - Spezialkommando Kampfschwimmer - A documentary about the training and experiences of the special forces frogmen of the GDR.
. Coming Out - The first explicitly (not for public education) gay film created in East Germany, its very deep and I personally find it a bit hard to watch but thats only because I'm allergic to films that don't make me laugh.
. Das Andere Leben - Schule, Kindheit und Jugend in der DDR - A documentary about the education system and youth clubs of East Germany, comprised of interviews with former children of the GDR.
. Goodbye Lenin - A comedy film made in the 00s about the turbulance of reunification. It has a bias against communism but other than that it is a somewhat accurate portrayal of history.
. Das Andere Leben - Arbeit und Wirtschaft in der DDR - A documentary about the workers and the economy of East Germany, also mostly comprised of interviews with former citizens.
. Letztes aus der DaDaEr - A cabaret film set during reunfication about the struggles of the political background.
. Das Andere Leben - Demokratie und Zusammenleben in der DDR - A documentary about the cultural and political revolution of East Germany.
. Die Mörder sind unter uns - The first DEFA film, created with denazification intent. Its a really heavy film but well worth the watch if you like war films.
. Das Andere Leben - Kalter Krieg und Konterrevolution in der DDR - Exactly what it says on the tin, a documentary about East German politics during the Cold War.
. Das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit – Alltag einer Behörde - A documentary about the StaSi with really informative research and (in my opinion) super valuable interviews with former StaSi employees.
01/06/45 - British occupation forces open a torture camp in West Germany, imprisoning 400 people such as; NKVD agents, slavic people, foreigners, suspected communists, East German refugees, homosexuals, jews, and others.
01/09/45 - 3 months after the closure of the British torture camp in West Germany, they open a new one in the RAF Gütersloh base which was given to the Bundeswehr in 1993.
01/10/45 - Soviet occupation forces fire 22.600 teachers who were members of the NSDAP, and hire 45.244 new teachers.
01/12/45 - The Allied Control Council dissolves all German military units.
13/05/46 - The USA violates the Potsdam Agreement by ending West German war reparation payments.
04/01/47 - A nazi soldier and SS officer found Der Spiegel with some of their first articles being "Am Caffeehandel betheiligt" (where jews are blamed for coffee smugling) and their response to the "N*gro question".
12/03/48 - A British sector newspaper begins printing Goebbels diaries, beginning with an excerpt which blames foreigners in Germany for the successes of British air raides.
12/04/48 - British occupation forces blockade Berlin.
20/06/48 - Western occupation zones secretly get a new currency, shrinking the population using the Reichsmark means East Germany is immidiately hit with hyperinflation. This was intentional to attempt to create an anti-communist revolution.
23/09/49 - West Germany passes Grundgesetz für due Bundesrepublik Deutschlands Artikel 131 requiring that former nazis constitute 20% of each government body.
26/09/49 - Dienststelle 114 is founded, a West German espionage agency specifically recruiting nazis to use their expertise to hunt communists and pacifists.
05/10/49 - The Soviet Sector passes a law to pay reparations to holocaust victims.
25/02/50 - The USA drops thousands of potato beetles across eastern Europe to incite famine.
14/05/51 - The "Entnazifizierungschlussgesetz" is passed in West Germany which ends denazification.
01/01/52 - East Germany introduces the housework day for; mothers, single parents, and caregivers to complete a paid day of housework to alleviate the unpaid labour gender gap.
04/05/53 - A study reveals that only 1.6% of Auschwitz victims are eligible for reparations payments in West Germany.
17/06/53 - Striking East Germans return to work after their demands are met. Before the so-called uprising where fascists burn factories, homes, books, and pogrom jews - killing at least 19.
01/01/53 - West Germany removes the nazi abortion law, which made it the only crime in the Federal Republic which could result in the death penalty.
17/07/54 - West Germany passes the Staffreiheitsgezetz which gives amnesty to 800.000 nazis.
02/03/55 - Adolf Heusinger (future head of the Bundeswehr & future chairman of the NATO military committee) drafts DECO II plans to invade East Germany.
19/08/56 - West Germany bans the communist party and the Federation for the Victims of Fascism.
01/01/58 - West Germany reprints a nazi race textbook for use in schools.
23/08/61 - West Germany closes the Büros für Besuchs und Reiseangelegenheiten, preventing their citizens from travelling to communist Europe.
25/10/61 - NATO approves a military directive, planning to use ballistic missiles against East Germany in retaliation for the construction of the Berlin Wall.
02/11/64 - The East German government pays for citizens to spend 4 weeks annually in West Berlin.
14/04/66 - In response to the NATO invasion plan, East Germany creates Tag X resistance plans.
01/01/68 - West Berlin (not a part of West Germany but beholden to the same occupation and laws & considered to be allies) rehomes homeless or abused youth with known paedophiles, encouraging sexual abuse. This ends around 2003 but the West Berlin government isnt quite sure when it ended or how many victims there were.
01/10/68 - West Germany passes the Dreher Law, meaning nazis can no longer be convicted of their crimes if they were following orders.
29/08/77 - Thanks to the Blitzgesetz (a law passed expiditiously in 1951 reinstating the nazi era crimes of treason and high treason) West Germany is able to pass the Kontaktsperregesetz which bans leftists accused of treason from contact with anyone including any legal council.
01/01/79 - The FDP and Grün partei of West Germany attempt to legalize paedophilia.
22/01/79 - The American 1978 Holocaust documentary series is aired in West Germany, with multiple broadcasters being bombed up and down the country.
04/07/80 - West Germany begins a campaign of sterilization against trans people, it ended in 2011.
01/01/81 - East Germany pays reparations of 11.000.000DM annually to Namibia until 1989. This is for the colonization from the German Empire, the Nama & Herero genocide, and the fight against the continued colonization by South Africa after WWI.
20/02/85 - Holocaust victims are pardoned of their "crimes" in West Germany, this came in 1949 for East Germany.
01/01/89 - East Germany's GDP has grown 458% since 1950, while West Germany's has only grown 434%. Despite East Germany paying 98% of WWII reparations, being decimated by the red army in 1945, and experiencing a brain drain, and West Germany receiving billions of debtless aid and organizing their economy around capitalism.
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29/10/92 - Germany passes a law granting reparations to victims of East Germany. Victims are defined as; anyone imprisoned for 90+ days. Unlike holocaust reparations there is no statue of limitations for applicants although they must prove they are in dire economic need.
01/01/94 - 3.000.000 former East Germans (double the amount that were involved in the so-called "peaceful revolution") demonstrate against unemployment caused by reunification (71% of all former East Germans are unemployed).
01/01/94 - 65% of former East Germans agree that reunification brought more benefits to West Germany than East Germany, and believe that their state was conquered in a colonial style.
31/05/94 - After 33.000 investigations into StaSi agents, only 6 are found guilty of; rendition, witholding of medical aid, or forced adoptions.
16/10/94 - The former ruling party of East Germany receives double the support in the 1994 election compared to the 1990 election. And support only rises until the party's dissolution in 2007.
01/01/98 - 81% of East Germans feel less safe than before reunification.
09/11/00 - 71% of East Germans surveyed are in favour of rebuilding the Berlin Wall and restoring the GDR.
07/07/17 - A study is published, revealing that only 19 people were murdered by East German law enforcement, compared to 316 victims of West German law enforcement.
CITATION:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fuOegU_jqdMk64qf0zAXmZ_t-KhK9Av3L424IJvkJHs/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Wikipedia is using a journalist (not a historian), propaganda director under Regan, lobbyist for al-qaeda & the taliban, west german spy and former member of a nazi youth paramilitary to lie to you.
50% of Koehlers citations amount to private conversations, 25% are government agencies or their anonymous employees, 20% are "documents he has seen or are classified and in his posession", 9% are incomplete citations (i.e tv interview with someone from 1997 [sic]), 7% are newspapers or tabloids, and only 9% of his citations are published books which i am steelmanning to be full of citations and written by experts 😹
His acknowledgements are literally: william colby (former director of the cia), several high ranking members of the bundestag, the director general of interpol, and several american spies.
If you want more ammo to criticize this dumb dead guy, Belina Cooper has the most qualified and in depth review i have found of the book from 1999.
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Why I Left Communism
I have recently discovered commieblr and it reminded of the years I was a communist. I thought I would share how I became a communist and why I would eventually abandon the ideology.
First, some background to me and my beliefs. I was born in Surrey, England and grew up in a rural village. I had little to no contact with non-whites until I attended primary school, which luckily was multicultural. This gave me an innate respect for other races and cultures which I may not have gained if I remained in an all white environment. The school was enthusiastically Anglican, resulting in me becoming a Protestant at a tender age (although I seriously doubt how devoted I was). It was here my contempt for consumerism, materialism and therefore corporatism, began. It appeared to me that Christian celebrations were becoming too commercialist, causing their values and messages to be lost. My primary school was also where I started to learn about climate change, as most children do, combining with my upbringing in nature to lay the grounds for me becoming an environmentalist.
The first semblance of an "ideology" came about when I found a Politics Textbook in my secondary school library. I read the first chapter on liberalism, and committed myself to what I now know to be a modern liberal. However, as I learned more about the flaws with capitalism, and the greed and environmental destruction of the corporations, I realised that liberals never went far enough. The system could not be amended. The system must be changed.
It just so happened that my father had bought me a copy of the communist manifesto a Christmas close to this time. I vaguely knew about communism from history, but did not know what the ideology entailed. I read the manifesto multiple times, as the archaic language was tough on my teenage brain, and came to agree with many principles. Common ownership, redistribution of wealth, absolute equality. It felt as if the disease of capitalism finally had a cure, and so the communist section of my life began. I praised the Soviet Union and Cuba, quoted Marx and religiously listened to Rage Against The Machine (who are a kickass band in their own right and all communists should check them out). I even considered joining the British communist party. I should also mention that I was no longer an Anglican at this point, as my beliefs couldn't stand without the guiding presence of my Primary school.
However, my breakup with communism arrived, ironically, when I started studying GCSE history. It was a shitty rendition of a cold war topic (we didn't look at Korea or Vietnam), with an even shittier teacher (she usually taught geography), but even through that the cracks in my ideology began to form. I learned how the Soviet Union I idolised oppressed and brutalised its own people, and imposed its will upon other countries in an imperialist fashion, all the while lambasting the West for apparently doing the same things. I saw how revolutionaries like Fidel Castro overthrew dictatorships with promises of freedom, only to become dictators themselves. My vision of a perfect world shattered, almost instantaneously.
And so my misadventure with communism ended. That is not to say I scurried back to liberalism, I instead became a democratic socialist, and then a social democrat. To be completely honest, I don't think I ever was truly a comrade. I saw capitalism, hated it, and looked to the polar opposite assuming it must be good. However, as I always say, there is no such thing as heroes or villains in history, only complex human beings. I do not hold modern day communists with contempt; once, it represented a glimmer of hope to oppressed peoples everywhere, from the smog of post-industrial Europe to the instabilities of liberated colonies. And arguably, it still does. In a world where we are threatened by a new technocratic elite and the old demon of conservatism, sometimes a radical solution is the only way. But never at the cost of our freedom.
This is a reply to your comment, but Tumblr cut me off so here we are.
The first Amnesty article is just that (an article) not a research paper which i know Amnesty frequently publish, its a shame you couldn't find a proper work but its okay it makes my life easier. Contrary to your claim the first thing Amnesty does is praise the Cuban government for their good healthcare, abundent housing, and high literacy rates (all of which are examples of human rights). Anyway, their first claim is that the Cuban government intentionally limits internet access for their civilians for the purpose of censorship. This can be easily debunked when you consider the Helms-Barton agreement and the 65 years of sanctions on the country, they simply cannot afford to... provide free computers for the entire nation??? The world bank classification of countries from 2016 considers Cuba to be an "upper middle income country", the world bank also notes that other countries in the same classification (brazil, namibia, indonesia, colombia, and belarus) have similar levels of internet access. Their second claim is that the mass executions following the Cuban Revolution were unjust. In 1959, Castro specifically prohibited "roman holiday" trials which were mostly being carried out by unaffiliated Cuban citizens who wanted revenge on the fascist old guard who had tortured, raped, and disappeared their friends and neighbours. The "international outcry" against any and all executions of fascist slave owners in Cuba makes perfect sense when you consider how friendly Batista was to foreign capitalists who used Cuba as a "playground" pre-revolution.
The second Amnesty article's first example of a "crackdown on peaceful dissidents" is a group of 15 men who violently hijacked a ship and were convicted by a jury of their peers for the crime of terrorism. The other verified cases they present are of: a teacher arrested for teaching incorrect history (1 year), two double agents (one working for france, one for the usa), and one working for an american think tank. This is it, they list 19 arrests for again: terrorism, espionage, and the sabotaging of childrens education and this is your evidence of a human rights violation?? Do you want to try again? Or maybe do the research before you make the next claim.
The guardian is not a citation, newspapers are not written with educational intent, they dont have the resources to independently investiage cuba, investigating human rights is not the reason for the guardian to exist the people writing them are not experts, they don't have experts peer reviewing each article, they cite 0 sources, and i can promise you they havent done adequate research to be sure they are accurately representing polarizing political hot topics, especially considering the article in question was written on the 27th which was only two days after Fidel Castro's death (not enough time to study).
Freedom House is also not a citation as they receive funding from USAID and the NED, the US government is a political entity who declares itself an enemy of Cuba and was deeply complicit in the crimes of Castro's predecessor, Batista, they cannot be trusted to "investigate" Cuba.
'it can be sooo stressful owning people as property. it makes sense you'd lash out every so often, i mean heck, thats why i don't wanna own any, i couldn't handle how stressful and difficult it is to have to deal with them every day. plus, I just hate the demographic of people that you're legally allowed to own, they're annoying to be around and unclean. i avoid them in public because of that, I'm glad there are so many places they're banned from' and other things you can say about children without anyone batting an eye
we need free the nipple back and we need to lead with trans women this time
we are actually not leading with transmascs who call trans women "dude"
Tumblr’s one true talent is making me sick of things I’ve never seen or read or heard.
"but I didnt learn about the usa's wrongs in school 😢 we don't know anything cause they didn't teach us anything 😢" well no one in my school in india told me that our country is a regionally hegemonic war criminal you're just entitled and insultingly uncurious
this is specifically about american entitlement over the rest of the world 😭 they're the only people on planet earth who use their ShItTy education to excuse their ignorance and arrogance they have. obviously no school is going to teach their country's wrongs and it doesn't take a genius to understand why
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(popular leftist voice) these right wingers are so mad because they get no women. if you are a Good Person a woman will appear and suck your dick.
Come to think of it, it really is insane that my entire country is burning alive and literally no one in the rest of the world cares. Thousands of Indians are dying every day from the heat, it's 45+ degrees in multiple areas, the government couldn't give two fucks, we're getting severe warnings and red alerts, and not a soul outside of South Asia is speaking about it because why would you ever care about brown people
A recent [2025] study conducted by VoxUkraine, with support from the International Renaissance Foundation, sought to analyze the Ukrainian public's ability to identify "Russian propaganda narratives." However, in doing so, the survey inadvertently revealed a striking reality: 33% of Ukrainians in cities and 53% in villages believe that Nazi ideology is widespread in Ukraine. These are staggering numbers, and they raise serious questions about the narrative that any discussion of neo-Nazism in Ukraine is merely a "Kremlin talking point."
The study was meant to debunk "Russian disinformation" by testing how the Ukrainian public perceives certain claims, including the presence of Nazi ideology in Ukraine. But instead of proving such claims to be "false," the survey found that a significant portion of the Ukrainian population itself believes that Nazism is a real and widespread issue in their country
I want to talk about Namibia
According to (historian) Edward Vaughan aid to Namibia was the highest prority in East German politics
East Germany sent the 2nd most support to Namibia (after the USSR)
I want to talk about Namibia
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If anybody wants to send me asks about east germany that'd be great...
a lot of folks on the anti-communist left fall into a sort of nihilistic despair at the state of things because they are unwilling to see the incredible advances in actual socialist projects as real, leaving an increasingly derelict capitalist structure as the only thing that exists in their perspective. which, in fairness, would also make me rather depressed! getting over the hurdle of accepting that socialism exists in real life does just totally ameliorate that, however.
