BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:"\;Feind ist\, wer anders denkt"\;/ "\;The Dissenter i s the Enemy"\; - Britta Foerester (Cambridge) DTSTART:20100211T150000Z DTEND:20100211T223000Z UID:TALK23242@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Daniel Jonah Wolpert DESCRIPTION:Via Britta Foerster\n\n\nGesine Krönig and I have booked a g uided private tour of the German Embassy's exhibition "Feind ist\, wer and ers denkt"/ "The Dissenter is the Enemy" in German (details below and atta ched).\n\nIt will take place on Thursday\, 11 February\, at 5pm in the Ger man Embassy\, 22 Belgrave Square. We'll be meeting at 3pm in front of Camb ridge train station (for the 3.15pm train to London).\n\n*We'd like to let all students of German (and staff) know about this great opportunity to g et in touch with Germany's newer history - %{color:red}they are welcome to sign up for this tour by writing an email to bf261@cam.ac.uk (by 10 Febru ary).%*\n\nParticipants will need to bring along some form of photo identi fication.\n\n\n----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------\n\n\nExplore the Real Lives of Others!\n\nFrom 8 to 17 Fe bruary 2010 the German Embassy is inviting you to a private view and guide d tour of "Feind ist\, wer anders denkt"/ "The Dissenter is the Enemy" - a n exhibition about the State Security Service in the GDR. The exhibition w ill be on display at the German Ambassador's Residence at 22 Belgrave Squa re in London and tours are available both in English and German. Please fi nd additional information in the attached flyer.\n\nBooking is essential\, please send your enquiries to: ku-s1@lond.diplo.de\n\nWe look forward to welcoming you to this exhibition at Belgrave Square!\nThe Culture Section at the German Embassy\nwww.london.diplo.de\n\n---------------------------- ------------------------\n\n From the foreword to the exhibition catalog ue:\n\n"In the German Democratic Republic\, anyone that stepped outside th e\nprescribed ideological boundaries\, expressed independent or critical\n views on freedom and disarmament\, who raised the issue of human rights in the GDR\, or wanted cultural autonomy and chose an alternative lifestyle\ , expressing their own youth culture in the form of dyed hair or creative ideas\, or secretly planned their escape from the GDR\, in short anyone wh o 'thought differently'\, and wanted to live in freedom\, was considered a n enemy of the GDR and was criminalized. Legislation and the judiciary bec ame the tools of those in power. Those affected were surrounded by a netwo rk of informers and denouncers\, and were subjected to overt attempts at i ntimidation or underhand psychological methods aimed at breaking their spi rit and resistance.\n\n'The Dissenter is the Enemy' exhibition focuses on the structure\,\nmethods and operations of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR. It sheds light on the perpetrators on the one hand and on the victims of the MfS on the other. And it features individuals who offered resistance by challenging the all-powerful\, crushing rule of the SED.\n\n Our growing knowledge about the working of the State Security in the GDR a lso contributes to an understanding of the repressive measures of other Co mmunist dictatorships in Central and Eastern Europe\, since the structures and methods used by these state security services are very similar. This European dimension is understandably coming under increasing scrutiny.\n\n Understanding the mechanisms of dictatorship and tyranny\, and\ndiscoverin g how people live under conditions of dictatorship is not just of historic al interest. Across the generations these insights can help us today to re cognise and value more open forms of society in Germany and in Europe and to respect freedom campaigns and resistance to dictatorship. Herein lies p ossibly the most effective defence against the appeal of new totalitarian ideologies. " LOCATION:German Embassy\, 22 Belgrave Square\,. London END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR