How I Asked the Minister-President for a Meeting, or How Does Democracy Actually Work? — Social Upheaval in 1989–90 and the Transformation Process
Dr. jur. Martina Weyrauch, born in 1958 in Berlin-Lichtenberg, grew up in the GDR. She had the opportunity to help shape the social upheaval of 1989–90 and the transformation process in East Germany. She will speak humorously about her experiences and repeatedly address how democratic processes actually work and can be shaped. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. jur. Marlis Hübner.
Dr. jur. Martina Weyrauch, born in 1958 in Berlin-Lichtenberg, grew up in the GDR. She had the opportunity to help shape the social upheaval of 1989–90 and the transformation process in East Germany. She will recount her experiences with humor and repeatedly address how democratic processes actually work and can be shaped.
The discussion will be moderated by Dr. jur. Marlis Hübner, who worked alongside the speaker in the GDR until their paths parted in 1989. Their friendship was not diminished by the physical separation; rather, their perspectives broadened.
Speaker: Dr. Martina Weyrauch is a garment technician and lawyer. Like so many people in East Germany, she had to rebuild her life in 1989. In the 1990s, she held various positions in the state administration of Brandenburg and served as director of the Brandenburg State Agency for Political Education from 2000 to 2025. Today, she is actively involved in her church congregation and in the organization “Mehr Demokratie e.V.,” among other things.
