People's Solidarity: Difference between revisions

''' People's Solidarity''' ({{lang-de|Volkssolidarität}}) is an organisation for elderly people in the [[new states of Germany]], founded 1945. It was one of many important non-parliamentary mass organisations in the former socialist country, [[East Germany]]. The organisation required that members pay a "certain amount of money to support senior homes and organized cultural events for seniors."<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de%7Dvs.html Crwflags.com]</ref> Within the [[Politics of the German Democratic Republic]], People's Solidarity "nevertheless played a key role in East German society."{{cn|date=October 2013}} It had 2.15 million members as of 1988.<ref>Dirk Jurich, ''Staatssozialismus und gesellschaftliche Differenzierung: eine empirische Studie'', p.32. LIT Verlag Münster, 2006, {{ISBN |3825898938}}</ref>

In "[httphttps://www.lseresearchgate.ac.uknet/collectionspublication/CCS/pdf/CSWP_15.pdf45686795_Civil_Society_in_Transition_The_East_German_Third_Sector_Ten_Years_After_Unification Civil societySociety in transitionTransition: 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 burdened 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)."

* [httphttps://www.volkssolidaritaet.de Volkssolidarität] {{dein iconlang|de}}