1.3d How far did Western influences have an impact on life in the GDR in 1961-85?

Question 1

What restrictions were put on East to West travel?

Answer 1

Permits and passports

Question 2

Which 2 groups of people were able to meet between the FRG and GDR, still with harsh restrictions?

Answer 2

Diplomats and athletes

Question 3

What were ‘Secret Carriers’?

Answer 3

Citizens with access to state information

Question 4

How were ‘Secret Carriers’ restricted?

Answer 4

Completely banned from travel including Scientists, SED officials and army officers

Question 5

What were the requirements for travelling from the GDR to the FRG and why was this?

Answer 5

Needed:
Over 26
Married
To give them incentive to return

Question 6

What was the German name for being granted travel?

Answer 6

Reisekader - Travel Cadre status

Question 7

Who were the people that were typically granted Reisekader?

Answer 7

Businessmen or skilled workers

Question 8

What were people expected to fill out upon their return to the GDR from the FRG?

Answer 8

Reisebericht (Travel report)

Question 9

What details had to be given in the Reisebericht (Travel report)?

Answer 9

Every detail of their trip

Reports of any military personnel seen

Question 10

What kind of things were allowed back in the GDR from the FRG?

Answer 10

Currency and goods such as kiwi, pineapple and banana

Question 11

How did the allowing the right to travel benefit the GDR?

Answer 11

• Gave people something to strive for

- Consumer products helped keep the GDR content

Question 12

How did the allowing the right to travel hinder the GDR?

Answer 12

• Constant reminder that Germany was divided

- Ostpolitik was successful in its long term goal of reminding the East that there was a divided Germany

Question 13

How did the SED reduce travel?

Answer 13

Brought in a higher currency exchange qualififcation

Question 14

Why was West to East travel restrictions tightened?

Answer 14

A rise in political tension from NATOs announcement of having nuclear missiles

Question 15

When did NATOs announce having nuclear missiles?

Answer 15

1983

Question 16

What made access to Western music easier in the 1970s?

Answer 16

Mass production of TVs

Question 17

How did East Germans bypass the law forbidding watching Western TV?

Answer 17

Just did it anyway

Question 18

When was watching Western TV stations made legal again?

Answer 18

1972

Question 19

Give an example of a Western pop group that was particularly popular?

Answer 19

‘Beat-Club’

Question 20

How were the FDJ used to stop people listening to Western broadcasts?

Answer 20

‘Lightning against NATO transmitters’

Reported those who ariel pointed to the West

Question 21

How could people avoid detection of watching Western TV?

Answer 21

Use indoor ariels

Question 22

Why were Western films often showed several years after their release?

Answer 22

Because the GDR had a limited budget to show Western films

Question 23

In 1980, what percentage of cinema audiences were youths?

Answer 23

70%

Question 24

Name 3 foreign films popular in the East?

Answer 24

‘ET’
‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’
‘Fame’

Question 25

What popular film was banned in the GDR because it glorified Western spies?

Answer 25

James Bond

Question 26

What was ironic about James Bond being banned in the GDR?

Answer 26

Honnecker watched them on videos brought in for him by the Stasi

Question 27

Through which medium was Western influence most influential?

Answer 27

Popular music

Question 28

Which 2 Western radios were broadcast across the GDR?

Answer 28

Radio Luxembourg | NATOs own station RIAS (American station broadcasting from West Berlin)

Question 29

In the 1960s, what British music groups were played in the GDR?

Answer 29

Beatles | Rolling Stones

Question 30

What was the restriction percentage of Western music?

Answer 30

The amount of Western music that could be played was restricted to 40%

Question 31

Give 2 evaluation points of the GDR restricting music well?

Answer 31

- Cassette tapes made it difficult to restrict | - Difficult to enforce underground groups

Question 32

How did the government attempt to restrict youth use of illegal music?

Answer 32

Encouraged them to make pledges not to listen to music from the West

Question 33

Give an example of a Western youth magazine that became popular?

Answer 33

'Bravo'

Question 34

Give an example of a Western fashion trend that came from the FRG?

Answer 34

'the mushroom head'

Question 35

How did the GDR music compare to that of Western music?

Answer 35

More exciting and dangerous

Question 36

Why was Dresden not effected much by radio?

Answer 36

They were too far from the FRG and couldn't pick up radio frequencies

Question 37

How was Dresden known?

Answer 37

'The valley of the clueless'

Question 38

How was Western music used to rebel?

Answer 38

Showed their unwillingness to conform

Question 39

Name the notorious gang in Dresden?

Answer 39

The Capital Gang

Question 40

How did the authorities deal with beat boys and punks?

Answer 40

Put them in prison and shaved their heads