Writer and actor Petra Nadolny from the former GDR in an interview this evening on rbb television gives special mention to the church.
She points out that in the mid 1980s the only place to protest against the GDR state was within the church.
Nadolny is of the opinion that the GDR state allowed the study of theology so as to show to the world that it was tolerant to people of belief. She also explains how everything in the GDR was image - all was for appearance and everything was a 'game'.
At 18 she joined the SED, hoping to change things
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