DW DocFilm - Erich Mielke - Master Of Fear Part 2 March 24, 2018
With. Good evening ladies and gentlemen to our news broadcast election sunday in the german democratic republic citizens voted in communal elections. And other major figures in the government went to the polls. For. State security. One thousand nine hundred. East german secret police. For the approved list of. Opposition vote to go into the polling booth in full view of the. It was a very effective mechanism of fear and control. Ninety nine percent of party approved. People refusing to vote. Sunday in the republic. A new report from. Seven point four percent of eligible voters had cast their v...