The SED and the Protestant Churches Flashcards

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1
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The aim of the SED in the 1950s in regards to the Protestant Churches

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To limit their influence and control them

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2
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The former senior Stasi officer told…

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Anna Funder that as many as 65% of Church leaders were informers

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Mary Fulbrook has identified the key phases in the relationship between the SED, Church and State - what are these

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Antagonism and rapprochement, 1945-69
Co-operation, 1969-78
Compromise and contention, 1978-89

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Religious education

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(May 1946) the Law for Democratic German Schools outlawed religious education

From January 1951 religious children could face discrimination (over 300 expelled from school in the following few years)

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Jugendweihe

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In 1954 the state introduced Jugendweihe as a secular alternative to confirmation. This was usually taken at 14 and marked the rite of passage from childhood to becoming a young adult

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What were candidates taught in preparing for Jugendweihe?

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An atheistic world view

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What per cent of teenagers took the Jugendweihe?

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17% in 1954
90% by 1969

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To nor comply and take the Jugendweihe was seen as…

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a great disadvantage to education and career

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Religious affiliation seemed on the decline, especially among the young - what shows this?

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a 1969 survey suggested 43% of children under 14 had no religious belief

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10
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What was formed in 1957?

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The Ministry of Church Affairs

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What was the aim of the Ministry of Church Affairs?

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To co-ordinate and direct Church activities in the best interests of the state

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What did Ulbricht announce in October 1960?

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“Christianity and the humanistic goal of Socialism were not compatible”

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13
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The GDR Churches still received __ per cent of their budget from the FRG (1968)

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40

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14
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Bishop Schönher 1971 speech

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“We want to be a Church not alongside, not against, but a Church within socialism”

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Ostpolitik and the Protestant Churches

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Toleration of and co-operation with the Churches was in keeping with Ostpolitik

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16
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What is a key event that occurred on 18 August 1976?

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Pastor Oskar Brüsewitz set himself on fire to protest against Church-State co-operation. The SED newspaper branded him a sick psychopath

17
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What movement did the Church become prominent in?

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The anti-nuclear movement

18
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In March 1978 Honecker met Church leaders to offer…

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a more formal agreement between Church and State - the Concordat