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11.	A Turkish-German Writer on Ways to Overcome the German-Turkish Divide (August 22/23, 1998) Turkish-German writer Zafer Senocak reflects on the strength of Turkish identity in Germany and suggests ways to make the Federal Republic more hospitable to immigrants. He also encourages new citizens....
12.	Suggestions for Curbing Abuse of the Asylum Law (April 10, 1989) A conservative lawyer asserts that asylum must be reserved for the truly persecuted and not used as a backdoor route to immigration for economic reasons. He argues that asylum abuse could be curbed....
13.	The Motives of Ethnic German Remigrants [Spätaussiedler] (June 15, 1989) In the late 1980s, massive numbers of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe seized the opportunity offered by the policies of glasnost and perestroika and returned to the land of their forefathers,....
14.	Founding Appeal of the New Forum (September 9, 1989) In response to the mass exodus, a group of East German activists and intellectuals (including Bärbel Bohley, Katja Havemann, Rolf....
15.	Erich Honecker on the 40th Anniversary of the GDR (October 6, 1989) Ignoring Gorbachev’s calls for perestroika, the aging SED leader celebrates the achievements of socialism in his speech on the 40th anniversary of the founding....
16.	A Dissident Describes Police Brutality in Dresden (October 7, 1989) During the late summer and early fall of 1989, masses of East German citizens fled the GDR over the Austro-Hungarian....
17.	The Triumph of Nonviolence in Leipzig (October 9, 1989) A contemporary witness recounts the events of Monday, October 9th in Leipzig, beginning with the GDR regime’s early-morning preparations for the city-wide demonstrations scheduled for later that....
18.	Mass Demonstration on Alexanderplatz in East Berlin (November 4, 1989) Unsatisfied with SED promises, as many as 500,000 people gathered in East Berlin on November 4, 1989,....
19.	The Fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9, 1989) Two journalists from Die Tageszeitung (taz), a left-of-center West Berlin newspaper, describe the excitement generated by the sudden opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. The event....
20.	Hans Modrow’s Reform Agenda (November 17, 1989) Egon Krenz’s tenure as leader of the GDR was brief. Within a month, he had been replaced by Hans Modrow, a popular SED District....
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