German Democratic Republic and Czechoslovakian political ephemera 1978-1995 1989-1991

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German Democratic Republic and Czechoslovakian political ephemera 1978-1995 1989-1991

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/17778

This collection contains printed material and ephemera documenting the political activities of youth groups, churches, women's groups, peace organization, leftist associations, and other organized political parties in East Germany and Czechoslovakia during the fall of communism in the 1980s and early 1990s.

2.03 linear feet; 5 boxes

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311709

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (Germany)

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Grünen (Political party)

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Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands. Zentralkomitee

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East German Communist Party. From the description of Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands miscellaneous records, 1946-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867858 Biographical/Historical Note East German Communist Party. From the guide to the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands miscellaneous records, 1946-1949, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Fraser, Sybille

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After years of social and political unrest, the communist German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) became destabilized in 1989. After the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9, 1989, a wave of political protests, know as the Peaceful Revolution, led to the first East German free elections on March 18, 1990. Completing what Germans termed "Die Wende" (The Change), the East German leadership held negotiations with West Germany and reunified the two nations on Octob...