ROBERT HAVEMANN SOCIETY
Founded in November 1990 by the grassroots movement New Forum, the society documents and presents the history and the experiences of opposition and resistance in the Soviet Occupied Zone/German Democratic Republic. The Robert Havemann Society also runs the GDR Opposition Archive and produces publications on opposition history. It organises political education work through exhibitions, events and seminars.

DONATIONS
The Robert Havemann Society relies on public donations. Please support our work with a tax-deductible donation to our account:
Bank: Berliner Volksbank · Account no: 576 29 55 000 · Sort code: 100 900 00

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For more information on the Robert Havemann Society and its many activities, see www.havemann-gesellschaft.de


GDR OPPOSITION ARCHIVE
The archive holds material on individuals and groups from 1945 on, on peace, women’s and environmental groups, church-run and independent initiatives, along with documents on the grassroots movements and new parties of 1989/90. Alongside over 400 metres of written material, it also includes 28,000 photos and 800 posters. The archive also has major collections of samizdat publications by the East German opposition, newspapers and magazines from the grassroots and women’s movements, banners, films, stickers and patches. It also has documentary films on repression in the GDR, a reference library and a press archive.

MATERIAL DONATIONS
The GDR Opposition Archive is happy to receive donations of personal material and documents. We are always interested in material on resistance and opposition to the communist dictatorship from 1945 on (written documents such as leaflets, letters, official complaints, etc., photos, banners, posters, film and audio material). Documents of state repression are also important: legal files, judgements, interrogation notes, documents on expropriation, exclusion from professions, expatriation, expulsion from university, etc.

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For more information on the GDR Opposition Archive, see: www.havemann-gesellschaft.de


EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS, AN ASSORTMENT:

YOUTH OPPOSITION IN THE SOVIET OCCUPIED ZONE/GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
A multimedia website and DVD present important events from resistance history using examples of young people. The main target group is teachers and pupils, who can use the photos, documents, films and interviews with contemporary witnesses to experience how young people came up against the East German dictatorship between 1946 and 1989. The range also includes introductory texts, a timeline, definitions of terms, biographies and classroom material.

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For more information on the multimedia website and its wide range of material for teachers and pupils, see: www.jugendopposition.de


PEACEFUL REVOLUTION 1989/90
In impressive photos and explanatory texts, the website documents the events that changed society in East Germany and paved the way to German unity. It also details the developments up to the revolution and its consequences, with contemporary witnesses commenting on the events. The website accompanies the open-air exhibition on Berlin’s Alexanderplatz and provides information on the sites of the revolution in the formerly divided city.