50 Years Ago: Self-Immolation of Reverend Brüsewitz in Zeitz
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On August 18, 1976, Father Brüsewitz burned himself in front of the Michaelis Church in Zeitz in order to set a signal against the church and education policy of the GDR. 50 years later, archive foundations show a new picture of the man.
The fatal protest action of an unloving village priest shook the GDR in 1976. Some see a direct line to the collapse of the SED regime more than a decade later.
On August 18, 1976, the pastor Oskar Brüsewitz chose the most extreme form of public protest: he burned himself – in the middle of Zeitz. New files reveal previously unknown details.
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The fatal protest action of an unloving village priest shook the GDR in 1976. Some see a direct line to the collapse of the SED regime more than a decade later.
50 years ago, Father Oskar Brüsewitz burned himself in front of the Zeitzer Michaeliskirche in protest against the GDR dictatorship. A contemporary witness remembers.
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