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The soldier newspaper Rühr Dich first appeared in April 1970 in the Röttiger barracks , training company 11/3 of the 1st Panzer Grenadier Battalion 73 in Hamburg-Harburg . In contrast to the past, politically committed conscripts no longer refused to do the 18-month military service , but completed it and formed the Working Group of Democratic Soldiers (ADS). At the Buxtehude , Celle , Eckernförde , Hamburg ( Bergedorf , Harburg , Rahlstedt ), Hanover , Itzehoe , Lübeck , Lüneburg , Münster , Neumünster and Stade locations , support points and working groups were formed in the years up to 1983 and took turns. After the Bundeswehr - generals had presented their opinion in the so-called Schnez study and the theses of the officers' group " Leutnante 70 " had been discussed, conscripts now spoke up with the support and participation of the ADS. At a press conference on 10 May 1970, 13 soldiers presented - 12 of them in uniform - in Bonn public with their views and demands in the conscript study "Soldier 70" before and handed them over to the public.

It says: “We not only talked about peace and democracy, we acted accordingly. And we take Section 17.2 of the Soldiers Act seriously. In our opinion, however, only those who stand up for peace and democracy can be regarded, as it says in the Soldiers Act. We have z. B. against the fact that the old and new Nazis are again cheeky and openly propaganda in the Bundeswehr and are allowed to appear as candidates of the NPD . The result: Not them, but we were verknackt - from curfews to build ... That's why we demand:

  • Free political and trade union activity for all soldiers within the framework of the Basic Law outside and inside the barracks gates.
  • Free choice for political education (e.g. participation in trade union training events).
  • Exemption from exercising the right to stand as a candidate also for conscripts.
  • Free activity of all democratic organizations in the Bundeswehr.
  • Dissolution of the NPD.
  • Dismissal of all NCOs and officers who are active in neo-Nazi organizations.
  • Removal of all officers and generals who served the Hitler clique.
  • Mucking out of all Bundeswehr libraries and removal of those books with war-glorifying and anti-humanist content.
  • Immediate change of barracks and ship names, which embody a reactionary and militarist tradition, and renaming after democrats, resistance fighters and anti-fascists. "

In addition to leaving NATO and a neutrality requirement, Soldier 70 also made social demands, such as an increase in military pay , a reduction in military service time to 12 months, or the free choice of medical and medical help. Radio stations as well as the national and regional press reported on it. The discussion that then developed in some barracks, such as the Röttiger barracks, was forbidden by the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr , Ulrich de Maiziere . The authors of this study saw themselves exposed to considerable reprisals, up to and including early discharge from the Bundeswehr for “endangering military security and order”.

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