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'''People's Solidarity''', or Volkssolidarität in German, was an organisation for elderly people in [[East Germany]] from 1949 to 1990. It was one of many important non-parliamentary mass organisations in the former socialist country. The organisation required that members pay a "certain amount of money to support senior homes and organized cultural events for seniors." [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de%7Dvs.html Crwflags.com] Within the [[Politics of the German Democratic Republic]], People's Solidarity "nevertheless played a key role in East German society."▼
| name = Volkssolidarität
| image = [[File:Signet Volkssolidaritaet.svg|150px|Logo]]
| type = [[Charitable organization|gemeinnütziger]], [[eingetragener Verein]]
| founded_date = {{start date|1945|10|17|df=y}}
| location = [[Berlin]]
| key_people = [[Susanna Karawanskij]] (president)
| area_served = [[New states of Germany|Neue Bundesländer]] and [[Berlin]] ([[Germany]])
| services = Charitable services
| focus = [[social welfare]]
| revenue = [[Euro|€]]500 million <small>(2006)</small>
| num_members = 109,000 <small>(2021)</small>
| num_volunteers =13,000
| num_employees = 19,000
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.volkssolidaritaet.de/}}
}}
▲''' People's Solidarity'''
In "[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45686795_Civil_Society_in_Transition_The_East_German_Third_Sector_Ten_Years_After_Unification Civil Society in Transition: The East German Third Sector Ten Years After Unification]", Anheier, Priller, and Zimmer state, "Unlike Diakonie and Caritas, the Volkssolidarität, a genuine welfare organisation of the former GDR without any counterpart in West Germany and the Red Cross had a more difficult time adjusting to the new political and social environment after unification. The local population, at first largely rejected the Volkssolidarität burdened with leaders with an SED ([[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]) past. Nevertheless, Volkssolidarität and the Red Cross successfully managed to democratize and establish a new image. Both organisations have become fairly established social service providers (Tangemann, 1995)."
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.volkssolidaritaet.de Volkssolidarität] {{in lang|de}}
{{Organizations of East Germany}}
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[[Category:Social welfare charities]]
[[Category:Organisations based in East Germany]]
[[Category:Mass organisations of East Germany]]
[[Category:1945 establishments in Germany]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1945]]
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