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Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Nature of
resistance
before the ‘80’s
East German Riots 1953:
Protests in Poland in 1956:
Protests over rising prices of
basic needs and working
conditions in Poznan.
Prague Spring 1968:
Polish military used force to
end the protests.
Reformer Wladyslaw
Gomulka appointed General
Secretary. Soviet military
leader Rokossovsky was sent
back to Moscow (Polish
October).
Khrushchev Ultimatum 1958
and Berlin Wall crisis of
1961:
Strikes in Poland in 1976:
Strikes over rising food
prices.
Western Banks (rich from
Arab oil money) loaned
money to Eastern European
governments whose
economies were weak.
Food shortages (farming in
Poland was not
collectivized) led to
increased food prices.
Helsinki Peace Accords of
1975: