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'''''Original Text: Udo Grashoff''''' | '''''Original Text: Udo Grashoff, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London''''' | ||
''Schwarzwohnen'' referred to illegal flat occupation in the German Democratic Republic. The literal meaning is ‘black (i.e. illegal) living’. The term denoted the undermining of the state allocation of housing by unsanctioned occupation, and thus effectively meant ‘squatting’ in the context of the East German communist regime. | ''Schwarzwohnen'' referred to illegal flat occupation in the German Democratic Republic. The literal meaning is ‘black (i.e. illegal) living’. The term denoted the undermining of the state allocation of housing by unsanctioned occupation, and thus effectively meant ‘squatting’ in the context of the East German communist regime. | ||