Awakening '89 - Notes on Culture and Politics

This collection of documents, political speeches as well as academic _x000D__x000D_articles, by the internationally admired theater director, Heinz-Uwe _x000D__x000D_Haus, reflects positions and actions, which he shared with the majority _x000D__x000D_of the people in his country during the fall of the Wall and the _x000D__x000D_re-unification of the German nation. The reader is reminded of the sheer _x000D__x000D_joy of the peaceful revolution in autumn of 1989. The texts reflect how _x000D__x000D_millions of people reclaimed their basic human freedoms, ending not only _x000D__x000D_the post-Wwii division of the country, but de-legitimizing the concept _x000D__x000D_of socialist rule.