Opposition to the FGR 1949 - 1989

Question 1

Identify what the following groups protested about in the 1950s, and how Adenauer dealt with their opposition: (Complete one flashcard for each group)
The Social Democratic Party (SPD)
The German Communist Party (KPD)
The Socialist Reich Party

Answer 1

KPD - critisised the governments economic policies , banned in 1956 under article 21

SPD- crisised atlanticists questioned democratic nature of adenauer and year zero approach and economic policies , they weren’t allowed int parliament despite 29.9 % of votes AUG 1949

SOCIALIST REICH PARTY - heir to nazi party and they condemned any reliance on the USA , 1952 they were banned under article 21

Question 2

Identify two reasons that explain why opposition against Adenauer was so small in the 1950s.

Answer 2

• focused on rebuilding the gov
• focused on establishing german identity
• focused on rebuilding economy and infrastructure
• focused on working for closer integration into Europe

Question 3

What group of people began to protest against the FRG governments in the 1960s?

Answer 3

left wing intellecutals, many of whom were students or young professionals

Question 4

Name two student groups that were formed in the 1960s and protested against the government.

Answer 4

APO ( extra parlimentary oppsosition )

SDS ( german socialist student union)

Question 5

Identify five issues student groups protested about in the 1960s.

Answer 5

• the year zero policy
• the FRG’s military involvement in NATO and the west and nuclear weapons
• FRG’s association to the usa and the way they were conducting themselves in the Vietnam War
• emergency law
• human rights

Question 6

Identify the methods student groups in the 1960s used to protest.

Answer 6

demontrastions, protests, riots, attacks later terrorism.

Question 7

How did opposition movements in the FRG change from the 1950s to the 1960s?

Answer 7

they became a lot more violent

Question 8

Why did opposition movements become more violent in the 1970s?

Answer 8

they felt increasingly oppressed and it made them want to act out further and even more aggressively

Question 9

Give examples of what methods the following groups used to protest in the 1970s. (Complete one flashcard for each group)
The West Berlin Tupamaros
Kommune I
Socialist Patients Collective (SPK)
The Baader-Meinhof Gang

Answer 9

TWBT - bombings,

K1- bombings 9 ex. of president of usa

SPK - bombings and further terrorist attacks on FRG members

TBMG - terrorist attacks on munich olympics

Question 10

Why did the terrorist activity of the Baader-Meinhof Gang slow after 1975?

Answer 10

they had all been arrested and some placed in solitary confinement.

Question 11

Identify when the two following groups were set up, what their aim was, and how their power was limited:
Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)
Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND)

Answer 11

BFV - 1950 , BND 1956 : LIMITED BY civil rights laws and privacy laws which prevented them from fully investigating everyone.

Question 12

What did the Bundestag pass on May 30, 1968, and what did this state?

Answer 12

the emergency law stating that they could use more extreme measures to investigate terrorism

Question 13

What was the Beobachtende Fahndung (BEFA) system?

Answer 13

centralised all access to police information in FRG

Question 14

What was the employment ban (Berufsverbot) of 1950?

Answer 14

restricted terrorists from being employed anywhere

Question 15

What was the Anti-Radical Decree, and when was it passed?

Answer 15

JANUARY 1972 - allowed vetting of people entering public sector jobs

Question 16

How did opposition against the FRG governments change from the 1950s to the 1980s?

Answer 16

it got increasing more violent and even ended up in terrosrist attacks .