Obywatele Niemiec Wschodnich wobec zjednoczenia niemiecko-niemieckiego i przesiedleń do RFN w świetle tajnych badań opinii publicznej (jesień 1989 – wiosna 1990)
The Attitude of East German Citizens towards the German Reunification and Resettlements to Germany in the Light of Secret Opinion Polls (Autumn 1989 – Spring 1990)

Summary/Abstract: During the socio-political breakthrough (autumn 1989–spring 1990), institutions in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Federal Republic of Germany conducted public opinion polls aimed at finding out the opinion of East German society on current, often polarising, topics. The leading issues included the attitude of East German citizens to the reunification of Germany and the problem of increased departures to Germany. Of course, the research was not limited to these two issues, but contained a whole range of other questions that allowed the views and political activity of GDR society in late 1989 and early 1990 to be examined. The study is based on archival materials produced by the Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst) and deposited in the Federal Archives in Koblenz (Bundesarchiv), as well as materials from the GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences collections available online. These are supplemented by German-language literature.

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