“Many Young Berliners Ignorant of Totalitarian Past”:

MedienKritik reports on a poll of 15-17 year old students in Berlin:

* “The DDR (GDR – East Germany) was not a dictatorship — the people just had to conform like anywhere else.” 24.6% of all students agreed with this statement …. 54.1% of all students rejected the statement …. The remainder (21.3% total …) selected “neutral”.

* “The Stasi (Ministry for State Security of the DDR) was an intelligence agency, just like any other state would have.” 31.1% of all students agreed with this statement …. 49.6% of all students rejected the statement …. The remainder (19.3% of all students …) selected “neutral”….

* “The command economy in the DDR was not better or worse than the market economy in West Germany, just different.” 20.1% of all students agreed with this statement …. 43.9% rejected this statement …. The remainder (36% of all students …) selected “neutral”….

The results are generally more pro-Communist (sometimes much more so) among East Berliners. More details at the link.

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