Publications
»We Are The People«Magazine accompanying the open-air exhibition: Peaceful Revolution 1989/90
Using the original exhibition texts
Published by Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH, Berlin 2009, Price: 5 euro
The chant “We are the people!” was first heard in Leipzig in autumn 1989, when the police tried to break up one of the major demonstrations by announcing over loudspeakers "This is the People’s Police speaking!” The magazine accompanying the Berlin open-air exhibition contains the most important texts and the most moving pictures, and includes sketches of the impressive exhibition architecture. The catalogue is available in German and English from the Onlineshop.
»Orte der Friedlichen Revolution Berlin«Martin Jander
Published by Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft, Berlin 2009, Price: 5 euro (ISBN 978-3-86711-087-7)
The book Orte der friedlichen Revolution Berlin is published to mark the 20th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall. On 68 pages, the author Martin Jander takes the reader through the year of the revolution. Using examples of people, places and events, he describes the political and social changes in the GDR, linking them to specific addresses in Berlin. Alongside famous sites such as the Zion Church and the Church of the Redeemer, the book also introduces less prominent places such as the homes of well known opposition activists like Wolf Biermann and Bärbel Bohley, and previously unacknowledged locations in the West of the city. This informative compendium awakens memories of the dramatic moments of the time, and is also a travel guide through an as yet incomplete chapter of Germany’s recent history.This book is available in German only, via the Robert Havemann Society: Tel. +49 (0)30 447 108-21 or petra.soellner(at)havemann.gesellschaft.de. For further publications, see Robert Havemann Society.
»Für ein freies Land mit freien Menschen. Opposition und Widerstand in Biographien und Fotos« Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk / Tom Sello
Published by Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft, Berlin 2006, Price: 25 euro (ISBN 3-938857-02-1)
From the very beginning in 1945, the dictatorship in East Germany prompted resistance. Yet it was over forty years until the Peaceful Revolution of 1989. This long journey is traced in 73 life stories of well-known and unknown individuals from the opposition and resistance. Combined with over 400 photos, the biographies give an entertaining insight into the development of individuals and society in the GDR. Available in German only. This book is available in German only, via the Robert Havemann Society: Tel. +49 (0)30 447 108-21 or petra.soellner(at)havemann.gesellschaft.de. For further publications, see Robert Havemann Society.
The Peaceful Revolution. Berlin 1989/90 - The Path to German UnityJens Schöne
Published by Berlin Story Verlag, Berlin 2009, Price: 14,95 euro
Only once in their history did the Germans succeed in staging a successful and peaceful revolution: in the years 1989-1990. This is the story of that revolution, with an explanation of the background and an evaluation of the consequences. In the Autumn of 1989, the people wrenched the right peaceably to assemble from the authorities and changed the world. Author Jens Schöne explains the whole complex process: how each little gain had to be fought for and how desperately the regime clung to power.For more books related to 1989/90 please visit the online shop Buchhandlung89
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