Role of the Protestant Church in the GDR

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How many Protestants in GDR in 1949?
15 million
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What was introduced in 1946?
Church and religious organisations abolished
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What percentage of people undertook the Jungedweithe in the 1960s?
90%
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What was introduced in 1951?
Policy that discriminated against Protestant Youth groups.
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What percentage of people identified as atheist in 1964?
One third
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What did the 1968 constitution recognise?
Religious freedoms
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What was the name of the Protestant Youth group?
Junge Gemeinde
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What were consequences of discrimination against groups?
Fled to West and expelled from school- Hamlet expelled from university in Halle.
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When did church split from West?
1969
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What role did church play?
Helped those who did not fit with vision of Marxist society- built 50 hospitals.
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When did GDR get granted UN membership?
1973
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What did 1978 accord allow?
TV stations, build new churches
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What also happened in 1978?
NATO led military policies in schools, knew church against and church had spying role.
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