Rudolf Bahro, author of the book "The Alternative. A critique of real-existing socialism", which has come out in West Germany, is arrested in East Berlin and, almost a year later, on 30 June 1978, is sentenced to eight years in prison for "betrayal of secrets" among other things.more
26 August
1977
The author Jürgen Fuchs and the musicians Christian Kunert and Gerulf Pannach, who were arrested at the end of 1976 by the State Security because of protests against the expatriation of Biermann, are released and deported to West Berlin.
