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Former Stasi Leaders Discuss Daily Work at Conference ... the GDR "The GDR will be nothing but a footnote in history," said writer Stefan Heym in 1990.
He turned out to be right -- but young people's ignorance of the not-so-distant past is now a cause for concern to education experts. (16.12.2007) DW-WORLD: Former Stasi Leaders Discuss Past at Conference Former East German communist spies held a meeting in Denmark, with their former boss saying their work contributed to world peace. Outraged Stasi victims said the conference brushes over the atrocities of the GDR regime. (17.11.2007) DW-WORLD: Left Party Leader: We Want to Change Politics DW-TV spoke to Left Party leader Oskar Lafontaine about globalization, climate change and the goals which his party -- made up of former East German communists and disaffected Social Democrats -- has set out for itself. (16.09.2007) DW-WORLD: Politicians: More Education about GDR's True Nature Needed Politicians have called for a new effort to educate young people about the true nature of East Germany after recently surfaced shoot-to-kill orders have rekindled a debate about conditions in the communist country. (16.08.2007)
(Deutsche Welle)
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