The sprinter Renate Neufeld, who escaped to the West in 1977, reports on doping in GDR sports in the news magazine "Der Spiegel".
17/18 March
1979
In Frankfurt am Main, the "Greens" are founded as an "Other Political Association" to take part in European elections. Petra Kelly becomes their leading candidate.
28 March
1979
Serious accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Harrisburg in the United States.
31 March
1979
In Hanover, 40,000 opponents of nuclear power demonstrate against the planned atomic waste depot in Gorleben.
