A History of the "Workers' and Peasants' State"
Hope, Disappointment, Demise Jens Schon etells the history of the GDR. He puts the spotlight on everyday life, "normal" people and the smallest villages. Party officials, the Stasi and opposition to the SED dictatorship are also focal points of Schone's attention. From the GDR's foundation, to the People's Uprising in 1953, right through to the building of the Berlin Wall, the Peaceful Revolution, and German Reunification.
Only once in their history did the Germans succeed in staging a successful and peaceful revolution: in the years 1989-1990. This is the story of that revolution, with an explanation of the background and an evaluation of the consequences. In th Autumn of 1989, the people wrenched the right peaceably to assemble from the authorities and changed the world. Author Jens Schöne explains the whole complex precess: how each little gain had to be fought for and how desperately the regime clung to power.