GER403 10/18/2004 Helmut Kohl: von Trinh Pham -- 1930 geboren -- 1946 in die CDU eintritt -- 1959-76 Mitglied des Landtages von Rheinland-Pfalz -- Seine Frau war Dolmetscherin (interpreter) -- chancellor von 1982 bis 1998 -- resigned because of a campaign funding scandal (Spende = contribution or donation; Spendenskandal) Back to Leonhard (S. 178) -- Die westliche Propoganda -- wie hat diese Propoganda auf Sie gewirkt? Gar nicht! -- economically especially because Leonhard war wissenschaftlich Marxistisch -- Worter wie Volk, Demokratie, Freiheit, Nation, Sozialismus hatten verschiedene Bedeutungen f?r the west and the east -- Leonhard was disappointed by Western propaganda; he had doubts about the USSR but got no good answers from the west -- he was disgusted at the arrogance of people who made fun of inexperienced and young politicians (differences between Wessis und Ossis still persist; education was so different for so many generations) -- different phrases for some technical things -- Alvin Toffler, Future Shock; about the progress of Western culture going so much more quickly than in previous centuries; term "overchoice"; we spend too much time on ordinary every day decisions (20 brands of something to choose) -- eine doppelte Entt?uschung (S 179, Z 30) -- Lebenstandard eines Arbeiters -- Hauptmann said Western societies had higher standards of living but they were not necessarily more fulfilled or happier or using resources wisely -- doubts about Stalinismus were not an endorsement of capitalism -- Tito in Jugoslawien -- der dritte Weg: z.B. Anton Ackermann (ein spezifischer deutschen Weg zum Sozialismus) -- Oktober 1956: Protest gegen ungarischen Stalinismus -- Dubcek: 1968, der Prager Fr?hling, man versucht einen tschechoslovawakischen Weg; in August schickten der Warsaue Pakt Truppen nach Tscheckslovakei -- Havemann writes on page 251 about how his sons were arrested for writing one word (Dubcek) on a wall -- he was also upset that western papers assumed that what they saw in Moscow was the realization of Marxism -- he was impressed by Salomon Schwartz because he wasn't abusive, documented his statistics and made good connections -- another example was by Arthur Koestler's Methodity of Socialist Life and the Reality; he said what was good about die Oktoberrevolution; he also said what Marxism was about and showed ins Gegenteil what really happened under Stalinismus (similar to Leonhard's 8 points which included "im Gegensatz zu") Six paradoxes of Communism 1) Everyone has a job, but no one actually does any work. 2) No one actually does any work, but productio targets are always reached. 3) Production targets are always reached, but the stores are always empty. 4) The stores are always empty, but everyone has all they need. 5) Everyone has all they need, but non one is happy. 6) No one is happy, but they always vote the Communists back in. J?rg Bilke hat etwas ?hnliche gesagt (S. 242, Z. 15). What would the Soviet Union have if it were in the Sahara Desert? A shortage of sand Juli 1948 kammt die Jugoslawische Frage. -- Leonhard was upset when the official party line was that Yugoslavia had to be wrong since there was only one way, the Soviet way -- he then knew there couldn't be a German third way to socialism Grundsatzerkl?rung (S. 221) -- Dr. Hye got it from his Doktormutter, who taught in East Germany though she wasn't a Communist; after she read this document, she decided she couldn't stay in East Germany Leonhard went to Ackermann to talk about his concerns. -- Ackermann knew right away that Yugoslavia was Leonhard's answer if he couldn't hae Vertrauen zum Kapit?n Die SED akzeptierte alles was die UdSSR machte und war nicht unabh?ngig. Back to the Leonhard video: Question 12: -- he knew relatively little (relativ wenig) -- he was surprised by the people who knew so little over the Ausland -- he never called off a lecture (if you were sick, you asked a colleague, not an assistant, to take over the lecture for you) Question 13: -- happy about Gorbechev and Perestroika -- er hatte Angst Question 14: -- das nicht something? -- last 6-8 months things improved? Question 15: -- he didn't seem to think so Question 16: Widerspruche Gegens?tze Unzufriedenheit der Bev?lkerung The propaganda strayed so far from the reality </plaintext><br /></body></html>