Catalogue question 196 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
Why is the period in autumn 1989 in East Germany called "the turning point" (Die Wende)? During this time, East Germany changed politically …
- from a dictatorship to a democracy. Correct
- from a liberal market economy to socialism.
- from a monarchy to social democracy.
- from a religious state to a communist state.
Why — for every option
- A — Correct: "die Wende" refers to East Germany's peaceful transition from the SED one-party dictatorship to democratic, pluralistic conditions in autumn 1989.
- B — East Germany did not previously have a liberal market economy but a socialist planned economy — the turning point led in the opposite direction, toward a market economy.
- C — East Germany was never a monarchy; it was a socialist one-party state that transformed into a democracy.
- D — East Germany was not a religious state but already a communist/socialist-shaped state — the turning point led away from communism, not toward it.
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