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1.   Demonstration against Job Cuts in Premnitz (December 10, 1990)
Thanks to the publicly owned enterprise “Friedrich Engels” – and its approximately 6,500-7,200 jobs – Premnitz was once a center for the GDR's synthetic fiber industry. In 1990, the firm was reorganized....
Demonstration against Job Cuts in Premnitz (December 10, 1990)
2.   The Federal Constitutional Court Rules on Expropriations (April 23, 1991)
Article 41 of the Unification Treaty made the “Joint....
The Federal Constitutional Court Rules on Expropriations (April 23, 1991)
3.   "Upswing East – We’ll All Lend a Hand!" (August 18, 1991)
East German retail trade had been dominated by the GDR trade union [Handelsorganisation or HO] and cooperative societies [Konsumgenossenschaften], i.e. the establishments of “the socialist....
"Upswing East – We’ll All Lend a Hand!" (August 18, 1991)
4.   Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost [Steelworks Combine East] in Eisenhüttenstadt (October 1991)
The SED decided to found the Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost [Steelworks Combine East] at its
<I>Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost</i> [Steelworks Combine East] in Eisenhüttenstadt (October 1991)
5.   "Joint Venture Upswing East": Job-Creation Measure to Eliminate Environmental Damage (April 2, 1992)
Inherited ecological damage often stood in the way of privatization because it was difficult or impossible to assess the subsequent costs to investors. The chemical and mining industries of the former....
"Joint Venture Upswing East": Job-Creation Measure to Eliminate Environmental Damage (April 2, 1992)
6.   The Halle Branch of the Treuhandanstalt [Trusteeship Agency] Completes its Work (September 29, 1992)
On March 1, 1990, the GDR Council of Ministers decided to found an “institution to hold state property in trust.” On June 17, 1990, the GDR Volkskammer passed the Treuhandgesetz....
The Halle Branch of the <I>Treuhandanstalt</i> [Trusteeship Agency] Completes its Work (September 29, 1992)
7.   Protest against the Proposed Solidarity Pact (February 17, 1993)
To finance unification, the federal government [Bund] and the federal states [Länder] first set up a “German Unity Fund,” which was initially endowed with 115 billion Deutschmarks for....
Protest against the Proposed Solidarity Pact (February 17, 1993)
8.   Potash Miners on Strike in Bischofferode (Thuringia) (April 9, 1993)
In December 1992, the Bundestag decided to close both of Thuringia’s potash mining sites, Bischofferode and Merkers, because their production was no longer needed. The Treuhandanstalt [Trusteeship....
Potash Miners on Strike in Bischofferode (Thuringia) (April 9, 1993)
9.   Closing the Treuhandanstalt [Trusteeship Agency] (December 30, 1994)
After Treuhandanstalt [Trusteeship Agency] president Detlev Karsten Rohwedder was murdered by RAF-terrorists, his deputy, Birgit Breuel, became head of....
Closing the <i>Treuhandanstalt</i> [Trusteeship Agency] (December 30, 1994)
10.   "Joint Venture Upswing East": Highway Construction in Thuringia (June 26, 1995)
On March 8, 1991, the federal government decided on the “Joint Venture Upswing East,” a two-year program to promote capital investments and job creation in the Eastern federal states. Its aim was....
"Joint Venture Upswing East": Highway Construction in Thuringia (June 26, 1995)
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