Preliminary Inventory to the GDR Oral History Project Interviews 1990-1994

Box 1

Lev Bezymenskii interview by Olga Sandler June 25, 1992

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1 photo, 1 cassette and transcript (in Russian). Regards Soviet-German relations. Narrator is a journalist

Lothar Bisky interview by Heinrich Bortfeldt April 6, 1993

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1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is head [?] of Zentralinstitut für Jugend-forschung; Kultursoziologe at the Akademie für Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Rektor der Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen.

Siegfried Bock interview by A. J. McAdams May 18, 1992

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CV, 1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a diplomat; Envoy to the European Conference of Safety and Cooperation in Helsinki and Geneva; ambassador to Romania.

Bärbel Bohley interview by John Torpey April 2, 1993

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CV, 2 cassettes, no transcript (audio quality poor). Narrator is an artist; co-founder of the oppositonal group Neues Forum; co-founder of Frauen für den Frieden.

Joachim Böhm interview by A. J. McAdams December 5, 1990

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1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is deputy director, ZK Dept. Regards relations with socialist countries.

Michael Brie interview by Matthew Siena December 23, 1991

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1 photo, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is professor für sozialphilosophie at the Humboldt-University, Berlin.

Manfred Buhr interview by K. Zechmeister December 23, 1992

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CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a philosopher; director of Zentralinstitut für Philosophie at the Academy of Sciences; vice president of the International Hegel-Society; co-editor of Philosophisches Wörterbuch.

Peter-Michael Diestel interview by Bortfeldt December 15, 1992

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CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is dr. jur.; co-founder of DSU; member of the Volkskammer DDR-Innenminister; president of the CDU-Fraktion im Landtag Brandenburg.

Stefan Doernberg interview by Bortfeldt November 10, 1992

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CV, 2 cassettes and transcript (not literal). Narrator is a historian; Generalsekretär des DDR-Komitees für europäische Sicherheit; director of the Institut für Internationale Beziehungen (Potsdam-Babelsberg).

Stefan Doernberg interview January 15, 1993

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1 [?] tape and transcript missing

Stefan Doernberg interview by Gerd Kaiser July 27, 1993

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1 cassette and transcript

Fred Ebeling interview by Torpey August 23, 1991

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1 photo, 2 cassettes (echoing, but understandable). Narrator is a member of Demokratischer Aufbruch

Fred Ebeling interview by Torpey January 28, 1992

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2 cassettes (echoing, but understandable)

Werner Eberlein interview by Torpey February 2, 1992

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1 photo, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a member DDR Politbüro 1983-89; son of KPD co-founder Hugo Eberlein; member of the edit. board of Neues Deutschland; Russian interpreter for Ulbricht & Honecker.

Konrad Elmer interview by Thomas Banchoff December 5, 1991

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1 photo, CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a SPD member, Bundestag

Rainer Eppelmann interview by Dan Hamilton November 9, 1991

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1 photo, 2 CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a pastor; co-founder of Initiative Demokratischer Aufbruch (DA), its candidate for Berlin in 1990.

Rainer Eppelmann interview by Banchoff December 5, 1991

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2 cassettes and transcript

Box 2

Oskar Fischer interview by McAdams March 9, 1993

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1 photo, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a party official; Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Peter Fischer interview by Siena December 23, 1991

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1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is an engineer and economist; assistant at the Hochschule für Ökonomie, Berlin; assistant of Sigmund Rothstein, Verbandsprasident der jüdischen Gemeinden in Berlin; friend of Biermann and Irene Runge.

Peter Florin interview by McAdams March 10, 1994

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1 photo, CV, 3 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a government official; member of SED-ZK; representative of GDR by UN in New York; chairman of UNESCO committee; ambassador to CSSR.

Hans-Dieter Fritschler and Landolf Scherzer interview by Kaiser September 7, 1992

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1 cassette and transcript. Narrators are SED leaders in Thüringen. Also includes 2 newspaper articles (with photos of Fritschler and Scherzer): (1) · Peter Pragal, "Jetzt kocht 'Der Erste' auch mal Kaffee für die Partei," in Berliner Zeitung, May 16-17, 1992, p. 61; and (2) · Landolf Scherzer, "Das letzte Gefecht," in Die Zeit, January 2-5, 1990, pp. 9, 10, 12

Joachim Gauck interview by Torpey April 23, 1993

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1 photo, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is Bundesbeauftragter für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen DDR; Pastor, co-founder of Neues Forum.

Lea Große interview by Kaiser February 13, 1992

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1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a communist since 1927 who was sentenced to 5 years in prison in 1935 for communist underground activities; Programmleiter beim Sender "Freies Deutschland" in Moscow, hefredakteurin beim Rundfunk Dresden.

Gregor Gysi interview by Bortfeldt July 6, 1993

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CV, 1 cassette and transcript (corr., pencil marks). Narrator is a lawyer; one of the few to have defended oppositionists; advocate of Neues Forum; Leader of the renewed SED-PDS

Klaus Gysi interview by Siena January 3, 1990

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2 photos, CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a government official; Head of the Department of Publishing House Volk und Wissen; minister of Culture; ambassador to Italy; secretary of state for church matters.

Klaus Gysi interview by Siena December 28, 1991

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2 cassettes and transcript

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Herbert Häber interview by McAdams March 19, 1990

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2 photos, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a party official; Member DDR Politbüro.

Herbert Häber interview by McAdams March 8, 1993

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2 cassettes and transcript

Kurt Hager interview by McAdams December 3, 1990

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1 photo, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Government official; leading ideologist; member of the ZK of SED, secretary responsible for the ZK für Kultur und Wissenschaft.

Kurt Hager interview by McAdams July 11, 1991

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2 cassettes and transcript

Kurt Hager interview by Catherine Epstein August 6, 1993

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2 cassettes and transcript (corr., pencil marks)

Erich Hahn interview by Bortfeldt February 28, 1991

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1 photo, CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a Professor of Marxist and Leninist Philosophy; candidate of SED-ZK since 1976.

Brunhilde and Helmut Hanke interview by K. H. Plagemann July 22, 1991

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1 cassette (beginning missing) and transcript. Narrator is Mayor of Potsdam since 1961; member of the Staatsrat.

Wolfgang Harich interview by McAdams December 1, 1990

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1 photo, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator taught Marxist Philosophy at the Humboldt Univ. until arrested for "Bildung einer konspirativen staatsfeindlichen Gruppe" in 1956; released from prison in 1964; publisher's reader at the Aufbau Verlag.

Wolfgang Herger interview by Torpey September 16, 1991

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1 photo, CV, 1 cassette (audio quality poor, echo), no transcript. Narrator is a party official; member DDR Politbüro.

Wolfgang Herger interview by Torpey January 30, 1992

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2 cassettes and transcript

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Frank-Joachim Herrmann interview by McAdams March 11, 1994

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1 photo, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Mitarbeiter des ZK der SED; editor-in-chief of the "Berliner Zeitung".

Uwe-Jens Heuer interview by Banchoff November 14, 1991

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CV, 1 cassette and transcript, 1 election brochure. Narrator is a Professor of law; was advising the ZK in questions concerning Staats-und Wirtschaftsrecht at the Zentralinstitut für sozialistische Wirtschaftsführung.

Stephan Hilsberg interview by Banchoff June 14, 1991

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1 photo, CV, 1 cassette. Narrator is a Computer scientist; co-founder of the SPD (East); member of the Bundestag.

Gustav Just interview by Torpey July 14, 1991

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1 photo, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a Member of Gruppe Harich, SPD member Brandenburger Landtag.

Gustav Just interview by Torpey February 1, 1992

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2 cassettes. 1 article: Hanno Kühnert, "Die Schüsse im Leben des Gustav Just," in Die Zeit, Apr. 16, 1993, p. 16.

Dietmar Keller interview by Banchoff November 25, 1991

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1 photo, CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator held Various positions within the Kultur-ministerium; minister of culture in 1989, open to reforms.

Karl-Heinz Kern interview by McAdams May 22, 1992

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1 photo, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Chemist; diplomat; GDR ambassador to Great Britain.

Günther Kleiber interview by Zechmeister November 26, 1992

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CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is an Electrical engineer; various party positions linked to the fields of Elektrotechnik, Elektronik, data processing; Stell-vertretender Ministerprasident der DDR; Minister für Allg. Maschinen-, Landmaschinen-und Fahrzeugbau.

Gerd König interview by McAdams March 9, 1993

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1 photo, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Diplomat; ambassador to the CSSR.

Ernst Krabatsch interview by Banchoff March 25, 1992

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CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a Diplomat; member of the GDR delegation to intern. conferences on various occasions.

Egon Krenz interview by Bortfeldt May 31, 1990

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CV, 1 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is General secretary and head of Staatsrat after Honecker's retirement; chief executive of the country during the transition period (Oct. 18 - Dec. 3, 1989); expelled from the SED in Jan. 1990.

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Jürgen Kuczynski interview by Bortfeldt January 10, 1991

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CV, 1 cassette and transcript, 1 note anouncing K's new book: Ein hoffnungsloser Fall von Optimismus. Memoiren 1989-94, Berlin: Aufbau Verlag, 1994. Narrator is an old communist; economist; professor of Economic History at Humboldt Univ., Direktor des Instituts für Geschichte der Wirtschaftswiss. der Akad. der Wissenschaften.

Manfred Lötsch interview by Torpey February 27, 1991

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1 photo, 1 cassette (bad audio quality), no transcript. Narrator is a Reform-oriented sociologist at the Acad. of Social Sciences, Berlin.

Manfred Lötsch interview by Torpey January 28, 1992

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2 cassettes (audio OK in the beginning), transcript missing.

Lothar de Maizière interview by Hamilton November 12, 1991

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CV, 3 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Lawyer; becomes head of the CDU of the DDR in 1989; last Prime Minister of the GDR.

Lothar de Maizière interview by Bortfeldt November 4, 1992

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1 cassette and transcript

Moritz Mebel interview by Bortfeldt February 27, 1991

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CV, 1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Chefarzt für Urologie an der Charité.

Markus Meckel interview by Banchoff June 10, 1991

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1 photo, 2 CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a Pastor; co-founder of the East German Social Democratic Party; foreign minister of the DDR (April - August 1990).

Daniil Efimovich (Melanid) Mel'nikov interview by Sandler July 1, 1992

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1 photo, 1 cassette (in Russian) and transcript. Regarding German-Soviet relations. Narrator Worked at TASS and for the SovInformbiuro.

Hans-J. Misselwitz interview by Bortfeldt June 3, 1993

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1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a Biochemist; pastor; Parlamentarischer Staatssekretar (SPD) beim Außen-ministerium (under de Maizière) .

Hans Modrow interview by Bortfeldt March 17, 1993

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CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a Dr. phil. in Wirtschaftswissenschaften; within the SED for democratic reforms; on Nov. 13, 1989, elected head of the DDR- Ministerrat, successor of Stoph; Proposes gradualist unification plan in Feb. 1990.

Claus Montag interview by McAdams July 9, 1991

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1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is Head of Abteilung Außenpolitik der USA des Inst. für internat. Beziehungen an der Akademie für Staats- und Rechtswissen- schaft der DDR . Publications on East-West relations. Botschaftsrat.

Erwin Müller interview by McAdams May 21, 1992

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1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Schlosser. Jounalist. Editor-in-chief of " Was und Wie. "

Harald Neubert interview by McAdams December 4, 1990

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2 photos, 1 cassette and transcript. No commercial use without permission. Narrator is a Professor of History . Leiter des Instituts für internationale Arbeiterbewegung an der Akademie für Gesellschaftswissenschaften beim ZK der SED.

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Erich Nickel interview by McAdams March 12, 1994

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1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Librarian. Historian. Author of Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. In the GDR published under the title: Die BRD. Ein Überblick. Emigrated in 1989.

Boris Orlov interview by Sandler June 23, 1992

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1 photo, 1 cassette (in Russian) and transcript. Narrator is a Historian at the Academy of Sciences in Moscow ( Institut nauchnoi informatsii po obshchestvennym naukam). Special interest: German Social Democrats.

Rainer Ortleb interview by Banchoff December 19, 1991

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1 photo, 2 CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a Mathematician. Since 1968 member of the LDPD, then LDP. Head of the LDP (Feb. 2, 1990).

Karl-Ernst Plagemann interview by McAdams November 17, 1990

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1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a Mitarbeiter am Institut für internat. Beziehungen an der Akad. für Staats-und Rechtswissenschaft der DDR, Potsdam-Babelsberg.

Jens (and Christian in Engl.) Reich interview by Siena December 28, 1989

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2 photos, CV, 1 cassette. Side A: Christian (in Engl.), no transcript Jens (in German and Engl.) and transcript, quality ok; Christian (in Engl.), no transcript. Side B: Christian (in Engl.), no transcript. Narrator is a Microbiologist. Co-founder of the protest movement Neues Forum.

Jens (and Christian in Engl.) Reich interviwe by Siena December 23, 1991

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1 cassette and transcript

Klaus Reichenbach interview by Banchoff May 6, 1992

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CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is an Engineer. Lawyer. 1990 Landesvorstand der CDU Sachsen. Member of the Volkskammer. GDR minister.

Otto Reinhold interview by McAdams March 23, 1990

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1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript with errata sheet. Narrator is Director of the Academy of Social Sciences [ Akad. für Gesellschaftswissenschaften]

Otto Reinhold interview by Bortfeldt January 29, 1991

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2 cassettes and transcript

Rolf Reißig interview by McAdams May 19, 1992

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1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript with errata sheet. Narrator is a Professor at the Acad. of Social Sciences.

Irene Runge interview by Siena December 19, 1991

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2 photos, 2 cassettes and transcript (corr., many pencil marks). Narrator is a Sociologist, anthropologist, journalist.

Landolf Scherzer (see Fritschler)

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Narrator is a Writer. Author of Der Erste, Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1986, an account of Fritschler's political work.

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Hans Schindler interview by McAdams October 3,1991

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1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Dipl. Staatswissenschaftler, Fachrichtung Außenpolitik (Potsdam/Babelsberg). Secretary at the ambassy in Moscow. tellvertretender Botschafter in Bonn (1979-85). 30 Jahre Mitarbeiter Karl Seidels.

Karl Schirdewan interview by McAdams July 9, 1991

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CV, 3 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is an old communist. Member of ZK Politbüro. Together with Wollweber dismissed for opposing Ulbricht. Then Leiter der Staatl. Archivverwaltung der DDR in Potsdam.

Gregor Schirmer interview by McAdams March 7, 1993

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1 photo, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Govern. official. Deputy Minister of Education.

Gerhard Schürer interview by McAdams July 10, 1991

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CV, 1 cassette and transcript with errata sheet. Narrator is a Member of ZK. Head of Staatliche Plankommission.

Karl Seidel interview by McAdams July 8, 1991

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CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a Diplomat. Botschaftsrat in Moscow. Leiter der Abteilung BRD im Ministerium für Auswärtige Anglegenheiten.

Wolfgang and Regina (called "Lotte") Templin interview by Torpey August 29, 1991

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1 photo, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is Wiss. Mitarbeiter am Zentralinstitut für Philosophie der Akad. der Wissenschaften. Co-founder of Initiative Frieden und Menschenrechte (IFM). 1988 arrested and expelled . 1989 Sprecher der IFM am Runden Tisch. (Lotte: IFM activist. Arrested together with Wolfgang T.)

Wolfgang and Regina (called "Lotte") Templin interview by Torpey February 3, 1992

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3 cassettes and transcript [Lotte on tape #3], no transcript of last cassette (poor audio quality: it is late, W.T. telling jokes.)

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Ferdinand Thun interview by McAdams March 10, 1993

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1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is Foreign Ministry chief of protocol

Wolfgang Ullmann interview by Banchoff November 12, 1991

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1 photo, 2 CV, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is Dr. theol, pastor , Dozent für Kirchen-geschichte. Delegate of the movement Demokratie Jetzt to the Round Table. Minister under Modrow.

Manfred Uschner interview by McAdams April 10, 1991

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1 photo, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is Mitglied des Politbüros des ZK der SED. For 14 years Hermann Axen's personal referent.

Manfred Uschner interview by Zechmeister March 10, 1993

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2 cassettes and transcript

Hans Voss interview by McAdams May 22, 1992

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1 photo, CV, 2 cassettes and transcript. Narrator is a Diplomat. Consul in Burma and Cambodia, ambassador to Romania and Italy.

Günther Wirth interview by Zechmeister December 2, 1992

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3 cassettes and transcript, 1 postscriptum by Wirth. Narrator is a Member of the Hauptvorstand der CDU der DDR, editor-in-chief of the journal Standpunkt.

Vincent von Wroblewski interview by Siena December 17, 1991

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1 photo, 1 cassette and transcript. Narrator is a Philosopher. Interpreter (French). Editor of the Rowohlt Sartre-edition.

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