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Latest revision as of 08:17, 1 April 2014
May 7, 1989[edit]
Communal elections are held under intense criticism of their democratic nature. GDR dissidents strive to uncover fraud in an election that produces 98,85 support for the SED. Eventually, independent observers uncover fraud. The discovery undermines the SED and adds significant energy to the civil rights movement.
