Ulrike Poppe

Ulrike Poppe (original name Ulrike Wick; born 26 January 1953 in Rostock, GDR) was a member of the East German opposition. In 1982 she founded the "Women for Peace" network and in 1985 joined the Initiative for Peace and Human Rights. In 1989 she joined Democracy Now.

Poppe was a victim of the Stasi's Zersetzung psychological warfare program.

In 1995 she was awarded the Order of Merit and in 2000 the Gustav Heinemann Prize.

Since 2001 she has been married to Claus Offe.

References

External links

• Biography (in German) at Deutsches Historisches Museum
• Andrew Curry: Piecing Together the Dark Legacy of East Germany's Secret Police Wired magazine 16.02, 18 January 2008

1. Poppe
2. Ulrike
3. Land Brandenburg Commissioner for the Study of the Repercussions of the Communist Dictatorship
4. Initiative for Peace and Human Rights
5. Democracy Now (East Germany)
6. Zersetzung
7. Claus Offe
8. Index of East Germany–related articles
9. Gregor Gysi
10. Christian Führer
11. Ulrich Woronowicz
12. Thomas Ammer
13. Katja Havemann
14. Wolbert Klaus Smidt
15. Helmut Müller-Enbergs
16. Angelika Barbe
17. Quakenbrück
18. Lothar de Maizière
19. Green Party faction (Bundestag)
20. Angela Merkel