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Chronicle 1976

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    • 1 May

      1976

      GDR automatic firing device (SM-70) with mounting
      Michael Gartenschläger, a political prisoner in the GDR ransomed by the West, fights the GDR by dismantling automatic firing devices (SM-70). After successfully taking apart such devices on 30 March and 24 April 1976, he is shot dead in an ambush by a Stasi special unit during a third attempt.
    • 9 May

      1976

      The RAF terrorist Ulrike Meinhof is found hanged in her cell in Stammheim Prison in Stuttgart. According to the prison authorities, she has committed suicide. Her death provokes protests and violent demonstration in Germany and abroad because of a rumour that she was murdered.
    • 18-22 May

      1976

      One hundred and twenty-two collectives are awarded the SED Central Committee’s standard of honour for “intensive political activity” and “creative initiatives” while preparing the IX SED Party Conference
      At the 9th SED Party Conference, the population is told that the "main task" has been successfully implemented: the minimum wages and pensions have been raised and the supplementary pensions improved, full-time working mothers have received a number of concessions ranging from a reduction in working hours and an extension of paid maternity leave to birth premiums. more
    • 28 May

      1976

      In Moscow, representatives from the USA and USSR sign an agreement on civilian underground atomic tests that also envisages mutual supervision.
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