Suchergebnisse

History of Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations in Norway

A personal account of the absurd life in the German Democratic Republic (DDR) between the years of 1966 and 1989. Young people were socialized in the strict system from birth. In kindergarten they were forced to sleep in a certain position and they were only allowed to draw pictures their teachers told them to - no deviation was allowed. In 1980 the DDR-critical teachers were replaced with ideologues to raise the youth in the spirit of real socialism. Because the author's grandfather was an entrepreneur, she was originally not allowed to enter high school and graduating from the university system was impossible without party membership. Eventually the popular opinion defeated DDR's strict controls, culminating with the fall of the Berlin Wall. L. Pitkaniemi