peace groups

• what they called for :

  Introduce compulsory military training into the school curriculum
• how they opposed the regime : pt 1

  • The dresden forum organised ‘peace weeks’ and ‘peace workshops’ featuring music, entertainment and discussion throughout the 1980s 
  • ‘Community peace service’ proposed as a further alternative to military conscription involving social welfare activities 
  • Women for peace group emerged to campaign against nuclear weapons
• how they opposed the regime : pt 2

  1982 - the ‘berlin appeal’ produced by a radical political dissident robert havemann and church pastor rainer eppelmann : 

  • Proposed a national debate on peace 
  • Opposed the sale of military toys 
  • Promoted introduction of lesson on peace into the school curriculum
  • Promoted withdrawal of all foreign troops from the FRG and GDR 
• successes :

  The 1982 forum attracted 

  as many as 5000 visitors despite attempts by sed to prevent travel to dresden