Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship

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Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship
Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur
Government of Germany
HeadquartersBerlin
Websitewww.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de

The Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship[1][2] (German: Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, alternatively translated as "(Federal) Foundation for the Study of Communist Dictatorship in East Germany"[3][4]) is a government-funded organisation established in 1998 by the German parliament.

Its mandate is to assess the history (1949–1990) of the

reunified Germany
.

As its logo, the foundation uses the

coat of arms
. In the final months of the GDR, many East German citizens cut out the flag's emblem in this manner.

The foundation also initiated a project "Aufbruch 1989"

Ralph Giordano, Erich Loest and others, with support by Lea Rosh and Michael Wolffsohn.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Dictatorship an Democracy in the age of Extremes: Spotlights on the History of Europe in the Twentieth Century". Foundation for the Study of Communist Dictatorship in East Germany. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. ^ Anna Saunders (2018). Memorializing the GDR: Monuments and Memory after 1989. Berghahn. p. 11.
  3. ^ "Exhibitions". Foundation for the Study of Communist Dictatorship in East Germany. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. ^ Marcel Fürstenau (15 October 2018). "Understanding East Germany: A never-ending look at the past". DW.
  5. ^ ""Stipendienprogramm Aufbruch 1989"".
  6. ^ "Zwist unter Aufarbeitern", Die Welt, 30 June 2007 (in German)
  7. ^ "Der Verherrlichung der SED-Diktatur entgegentreten!" Archived 2008-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (Open letter to the foundation) (in German)
  8. ^ "Streit unter SED-Opfern", Focus (in German)
  9. ^ "PR-inside: SED-Opfer kritisieren Zusammenarbeit mit Luxemburg-Stiftung". Archived from the original on October 10, 2007.
  10. ^ "Märkische Allgemeine of 6 July 2007".

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