Newspaper clippings about "nasty girl" Anna Rosmus
midterm evaluation results
talk today about Austrian politician Jörg Haider,
4pm in HSSB 6020 (McCune Rm)
talk tomorrow (Wed.), 12 noon, about German nationalism
after World War I
office hours Wed. (tomorrow) postponed: will be 3-4pm instead
of 11-12
International and Economic preludes
1985: reformer Mikhail Gorbachev succeeds Chernenko as General
Secretary of the CPSU
domestic policy: perestroika, glasnost; June 1988 INF treaty
(Pershing, cruise, SS-20)
(March 1990: executive president of SU, coup Aug. 1991, resigned
Dec. 1991)
Arms race under US president Reagan (1981-89): SDI 1983; Geneva
1985, Reykjavik in 1986
Economic consequences of international arms race
"Wedge" between Honecker (E. German head of state
1976-1989) and Gorbachev
détente of the 1970s (Ulbricht out), Honecker's reforms
Sept. 1984 visit cancelled; 35,000 emigres
1987 head-of-state visit; 5 million personal visits E->W
(1.3 mio. in 1984)
East German dependence on loans
The Stasi (STAatsSIcherheit=state security): cabinet
ministry since 1950, similar to FBI (w/ CIA)
at peak: 17,000 employees in 39 depts. kept tabs on 5,000,000
citizens (1/6 of population!) with help of 268,000 "informal
co-workers" (IM)
Recruitment of teens (27,000): 15% of those approached at
age 13-14
Smithsonian video documentary from 1990: "Eastern Europe:
Breaking with the Past" (20 mins.)
positive self-portrayal of East German government: national
pride
inner workings of surveillance machinery: "smells archive"