Warum musste der Palast der Republik wirklich weg?
The Palace of the Republic opened 49 years ago. This People's and Cultural Palace, built in the tradition of the socialist workers' movement, was only accessible for 14 years. On September 19, 1990, it was closed by the GDR government. One day later, the GDR's People's Chamber and the Bundestag in Bonn voted in favor of the Unification Treaty of August 31. The end of the Palace coincided with the liquidation of the GDR and also marked the birth of the Berlin Republic. And because the new bourgeois republic did not want to be reminded of its birth or historical socialism, the popular People's House had to be demolished against the will of the majority of the population. We had the opportunity to speak with Rudolf Denner (Friends of the Palace of the Republic) and Joachim Thiele about their experiences in the Palace, the hatred of West German politicians towards the GDR, as well as the period after its demolition, the reconstruction of the Berlin Palace, and the construction of the Humboldt Forum. Cover photo: IMAGO / NBL Image Archive "35 Years Ago - Closure of the Palace of the Republic": 35th traveling exhibition of the Friends of the Palace of the Republic, Quartiersmanagement Boulevard Kastanienallee, Stollberger Str. 33, 12627 Berlin-Hellersdorf, until December 18th, open every Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. "35 Years Ago - Closure of the Palace of the Republic": 36th traveling exhibition of the Friends of the Palace of the Republic, Cafe Wostock, Weitlingstraße 97, 10317 Berlin, until the end of October, every Friday and Saturday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. A solid economic foundation is essential to delivering a daily newspaper to kiosks, mailboxes, and online every day. Since neither a political party nor large corporations are throwing money at us, we need you! We finance ourselves almost exclusively through subscription revenue: https://www.jungewelt.de/abo If a subscription isn't for you (yet), you can also support our journalistic work with a donation: https://www.jungewelt.de/donation/ junge Welt on social media: https://x.com/jungewelt / jungewelt_insta / junge.welt
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