1980 East German Working Class Parade | 2 Minute Clip 

The ruling class in East Germany was never the workers, but rather the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

The Nomenklatura was the bourgeoise in another name.

Before it was the russian military and not the workers. Ukraine is also trying to get out of that deal.

@@MerleUnchained it is painful but you are right. At that time the bureaucreacy or as you named it " Nomenklature" already ruled the country.

@@newmediadenmark_ But what is the difference? Right now Germany is an American colony.

The Internationale was composed by a Belgian/French socialist, Pierre Chrétien De Geyter, in 1888 to commemorate the working class people of Lille in France. It was adopted by the Second International Congress of Socialists in Paris 1889. Yes, it was, for a while, used by the Soviets as their national anthem.

@@jean6872 it's still used by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for some ceremonies

@@Svea_LifeGuards It has a long proud history.

The 80's had the weirdest haircuts for sure xD

Yes. Even in West Berlin I noticed this 🤣👌

@@MaximusandHistory + sideburns, moustaches and goatees 😂.

powerful German Hair Force 😁

@@eagle20fox2 we used to say that when were stationed in West Germany in the late 1980’s. (Osnabruck) I haven’t heard it since then and I laughed so much at your comment. Thanks for that!

Yes the Caps are really nice and they're really good in the winter I own a set of East German camouflage uniform the same one that's in the video at Blends in quite well to where I live and I also own eight East German border troops NCO dress uniform I will say the dress uniforms are very uncomfortable they're made out of wool only really bad thing about it is if you have to raise your arms up it's really hard if you have the belt on and also the shoulder boards are stiffened with cardboard so yeah that's even worse

Die Fähnchen, mit denen Sie hier Ihren seltsam sentimentalen Beitrag garnieren, waren und sind die Fahnen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Fragen Sie sich doch mal, warum es die Spalterflagge nicht gibt!

Bist du betrunken?

​@@sunrise560 Spalterflagge? Weisst du eigentlich wer die Spalter waren?

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German overalls are the best!

I only purchased 2 minutes of footage, it's too expensive for the entire length of footage.

@@MaximusandHistory why would you have to buy it if it's the people's footage?

@@jawoo2228 Because we live in a capitalist society, nothing is free. Even footage from socialist countries is not free anymore. The merger of the FRG with the GDR caused a huge wave privatization of state owned organizations and enterprises.

Nope

I wonder what they're doing right now!

Most of them are either retired or passed away.

now aging around 70s to 90s

On RU-vid.

​@@markusdee6136They weren't that old. They would be in their 60s. Honecker and his wife (shown in the stands) are dead, of course.

"oviously if they dont smile 24/7 they are sad and oppresed, but If they did smile they were actualy forced to do so for propaganda." grow up.

Hahahaha, keep teling yourself that if it makes your pitifull existance more berable. But deep down you know that you are Just a tool to the people who rule over you, a tool to make them more money.

Freedom from clean streets, freedom from safe cities, freedom from racial and gender equality, freedom from affordable healthcare, housing, food. Such wonderful "freedoms" we have here in the West.

@@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 Funny how the flow of refugees was from East to West Germany. Maybe they knew something you don’t

@@alfredopampanga9356 I dont think you know what separating one people into two countries does.

Libertarians can't do sarcasm!

So what?😂

REALLY?!?!?!?!

A proudly worn epithet that unites the working class throughout the world to this day.

@@jean6872 Yeah, those who were assassinated by their comrades will be rejoicing in the afterlife. Commies killed more people than Hitler.

@@alfredroyal3473 Bugger off to a video you like and where your comments are wanted.

Ok nazi

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@@andrewthegoat9383 Still an idiot. Feel good supporting the ideology of biggest mass murderers in history of mankind? 130 000 000 people killed but you feel good about yourself. Scumbag.

cope and seethe, these people are heroes

@@camaradecarter Why would I do that? You lost.