The Volokh Conspiracy - "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.

	[Eugene Volokh, November 12, 2007 at 11:43am] Trackbacks "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.