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The Nelken was a small German Marxist party that was founded in the GDR in 1990 and dissolved in the mid-1990s.

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On January 13, 1990, the Marxist party Die Nelken (actually DIE NELKEN Marxist Party) was founded in the eastern part of Berlin . It saw itself as a reservoir for non-party communists , primarily former members of the SED who had resigned or been excluded. Brigitte Kahnwald , Michael Czollek and Reiner Bartscher initially acted as chairmen . In an interview with the Wochenpost , Czollek said that participation in the PDS-SED was not an option, as many members from there were disappointed. However, they want to work together on factual issues.

The main goal of the party was initially the struggle for a socialist way of the GDR, the development of capitalist social relations should be prevented. The market economy was advocated, but in order to “secure people's needs” they wanted to adhere to a “social framework” for the economy.

In February 1990, the party joined forces with the United Left (VL) for the People's Chamber elections on March 18, 1990 to form a list under the name of the United Left Action Alliance . The only member of the Volkskammer on this list was VL member Thomas Klein , who was one of the 144 members of the Volkskammer in the eleventh Bundestag .

In the first East German state elections, members ran for the PDS (list association). Bernd Schreier won a mandate in Saxony . In Berlin, Michael Czollek moved up in the House of Representatives . In 1992 Czollek had to leave the parliamentary group after indications of an unofficial collaboration with the Ministry for State Security .

Between 1991 and 1993 the party structure of the Carnations began to break down; At the beginning of 1995 the party’s internal circular six / 90 was discontinued. The party had about 550 members.

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  1. ↑ Michael Richter: The Peaceful Revolution: Departure for Democracy in Saxony 1989-90, Volume 1 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010, p. 1218 .
  2. ↑ a b Volkskammer election 1990
  3. ^ Dorit Pries: Stasi employees in German parliaments?
  4. ↑ dr: PDS parliamentary group excluded members . In: The daily newspaper: taz . May 2, 1992, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 36 ( taz.de [accessed September 29, 2019]).
  5. ^ Circular of Carnations
  6. ^ Andreas Schulze: Small parties in Germany . DUV, 2004, p. 133 .