continued coz I didn`t want to make my previous post too long:
Marko Martin emphasized that in the autumn of 1989, only a few citizens of the GDR decided to oppose the communist authorities. "Millions of citizens did not take to the streets at that time, but waited in their apartments behind drawn curtains for further developments," he said.
He recalled the anti-Polish sentiments prevailing in the GDR after the establishment of Solidarity in the 1980s. Wide circles of East German society asked why Poles "instead of working, go on strike, demand freedom and get on our nerves". - Similar attitudes were also present in West Germany - noted the speaker, recalling that influential SPD politician Egon Bahr called Solidarity "a threat to world peace" in 1982.
BB, I will comment on your post later on coz I don`t want to make mine too long. The Staff don`t like it.
Marko Martin emphasized that in the autumn of 1989, only a few citizens of the GDR decided to oppose the communist authorities. "Millions of citizens did not take to the streets at that time, but waited in their apartments behind drawn curtains for further developments," he said.
He recalled the anti-Polish sentiments prevailing in the GDR after the establishment of Solidarity in the 1980s. Wide circles of East German society asked why Poles "instead of working, go on strike, demand freedom and get on our nerves". - Similar attitudes were also present in West Germany - noted the speaker, recalling that influential SPD politician Egon Bahr called Solidarity "a threat to world peace" in 1982.
BB, I will comment on your post later on coz I don`t want to make mine too long. The Staff don`t like it.