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when were schools officially opened

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1 October 1945

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how many teachers dismissed

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80%

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what were main feature of DDR welfare

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free health care

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what was problem w/ accommodation

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dresden + berlin bombed

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how was accommodation problem solved

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peaked 1952 at 100,000 houses per year - soviet style blocks

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why did soviets want to change school system

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mirrored bourgeois social classes - had contributed to rise nazis

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main aims of soviet system school

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equal opportunities / extend technical +practical sklls

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what law was put into effect to reform skls and when by who

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law for democratisation german schools 1946 SMAD and SED

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what did law for democratisation german schools do

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-abolished selective schools - grundschule - new skl 6-14

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what did soviets want to do in higher education

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increase social mobility + egalitarianism –> no academic hierarchy polytechnic education

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main features of DDR skl

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Polytechnic Upper Schools POS - 10 yr system compulsory + centralised

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downsides of education

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-no self expression - pupils protest at skl in werdau against voting lit imprisoned for 2-15yr

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how did skls become effective tool to influence ppl to conform

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-skl admin could block career admin - had to commit to political system to reach UNI

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comparison GNP on skl

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7% in DDR but 5% BRD

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evidence of increased social mobility

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% uni students from working class from 19% to 36% 1949

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16
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how did DDR become victim own success

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over qualified graduates - POS skl reduce drop outs

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positive changes in schools - investment and evidence of success

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7% GNP to education 
-working class kids 19% to 36% 1946-49
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negative changes in schools

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-no self expression - pupils at skl of Werdau imprisoned 15 years for protest against voting list of volksammer

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what process began in skills October 1945

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purging of nazi values 80% teachers dismissed

20
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what did the FDJ become in 1957

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only youth organisation in DDR

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what was FDJ

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based on marxist Leninist

22
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FDJ membership 1950

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3 million - ppl join to not be discriminated against

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BUT success of FDJ limited

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young East Germans led 1960’s ‘rocknroll’ lifestyle - ‘double life’ due to old fashioned Komsomol nature

24
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what was the Komsomol

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USSR youth group - FDJ replicates

25
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main feature of BRD welfare

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free healthcare + pensions

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perceived success of welfare in DDR

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1959 100,000 homes built per year

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but dismiss perceived success fo welfare homes

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in style of soviet flats = dreary

28
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how many religious ppl in DDR 1950

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90% christian

29
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what department was set up to wither away religion

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department for ecclesiastical affairs

30
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evidence of churches being restricted

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Stasi placed IM in congregations + junge gemeinde (protestant youth group) prevented from skl + uni 1953

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1952 evidence of suppression of clergy

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50 clergymen arrested

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CA to suppression of churches

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1970 half population professed christians

33
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what was jugendweiche

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atheist imitation ceremony 1955 - all youth had to do

34
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what can be said about women in DDR

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perceived gender equality but really only achieved in parts due to economic necessity of time

35
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evidence of women succeeding in DDR

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1949 constitution proclaim men + women equal

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BUT dismiss consituin

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1947 pensions of widows repealed due to economic diffcilutlies

37
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evidence of negatives for women

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abortion not allowed until 1972

38
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CA to thesis on women of school

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DDR above BRD in skl 1961 25% women in uni

39
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BUT dismiss CA on woken in skl

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equality not enforced in workforce - not until 1966 family law aided women

40
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so overall women in ddr

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changed only in small parts - women join workforce due to economic necessity and no aid w/ maternity life

41
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decieving evidence of success in DDR standard living

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31% own fridges 1966

42
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CA to success of DDR standard living

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HO shops overpriced luxury good - 12 marks for kg sugar but worker owns 345 marks a month

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evidence of success for trade unions in DDR

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DDR more classless and fairer society

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BUT disadvantages of DDR in workers

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FDGB ( trade union) regularly purged to be loyal instrument to SED

45
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what did Gunter gas refer to eats German society as

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‘niche society’ - ppl lead parallel lives with private niches (e.g. church) and work for state

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