Comment by a Female Teacher after a Lecture by Kurt Hager on the Situation in Schools (October 1960)

This comment by a female teacher after a 1960 speech by the SED’s chief ideologue, Kurt Hager, was unsparing in its description of the burdens imposed on GDR women by the demands of family and work. The diverse tasks and obligations associated with teaching could not be reconciled with family life and child rearing.

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