Frank Ebert

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Stasi occupation in September 1990.
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Also: Bärbel Bohley and Ingrid Köppe

Frank Ebert (born March 18, 1970 in Halle an der Saale ) is a German civil rights activist. He was a GDR opposition activist and co-founder of the archive of the GDR opposition.

Life

Frank Ebert grew up in Halle and Berlin-Marzahn. After attending school, he began an apprenticeship as a machine tool fitter in Berlin.

Information stele in front of the Confessional Church in memory of the Peaceful Revolution of 1989/1990

Through his sister he had contacts with the Halle and Jenens opposition scene during his youth. During his apprenticeship in 1988, he left the FDJ and joined the Berlin Environmental Library . There he participated in the reproduction of illegal samizdat publications such as the Umweltbl Blätter and the Ark Nova . In May 1989, Frank Ebert took part in the protests aimed at falsifying local elections. He also demonstrated against the crackdown on student protests in China and co-organized the vigil at Gethsemane Church . He was arrested several times and prevented from completing his apprenticeship.

In September 1990 Ebert was one of the co-occupiers of the Stasi headquarters in Berlin-Lichtenberg . The founding of the Matthias Domaschk archive of the GDR opposition was largely due to Ebert. It was transferred to the Robert Havemann Society in 1993 , where Ebert still works today. He was involved in the implementation of the exhibition on the 20th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution on Alexanderplatz and the light border in Berlin on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He organized the installation of steles in important locations of the Peaceful Revolution in Berlin. In 2015 Frank Ebert received the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin .

literature

Web links

Commons : Frank Ebert  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arno Polzin:  Ebert, Frank . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
  2. ^ Portrait of Frank Ebert on  jugendopposition.de  ( Federal Agency for Civic Education  /  Robert Havemann Society  ), viewed on March 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ Frank Ebert's profile on the Robert Havemann Society website
  4. ↑ Speech by Michael Müller on the occasion of the award of the State Order of Merit on October 1, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Ebert, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil rights activist, GDR opposition activist
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle on the Saale