With almost half a million soldiers, police officers, MfS and combat group members, the military and security apparatus of the GDR was one of the strongest in Europe. It did not prevent the downfall of the SED regime in autumn 1989. What were the reasons for this? What was the situation in the "armed organs" in crisis and upheaval?
Daniel Niemetz describes the events and consequences of the Peaceful Revolution with a focus on the armed state power, and he provides insights into the moods and opinions of those men and women who had sworn to defend the SED state at gunpoint - and yet did not do so in autumn 1989.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Niemetz, Daniel
Title
Staatsmacht am Ende. Der Militär- und Sicherheitsapparat der DDR in Krise und Umbruch 1985 bis 1990
