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The mere fact that ''Schwarzwohnen'' was possible to some extent highlights the scope for action within grey zones of authority, and the feasibility of compromises between the state and society in the East German dictatorship. The experience of a weak administration encouraged many ''Schwarzwohner'' to subvert the state’s claim to power in other areas as well, and it is no coincidence that many of them played an active role during the 1989 ‘peaceful revolution’<ref>Udo Grashoff: Schwarzwohnen. Die Unterwanderung der staatlichen Wohnraumlenkung in der DDR, vr unipress, Goettingen 2011</ref>. | The mere fact that ''Schwarzwohnen'' was possible to some extent highlights the scope for action within grey zones of authority, and the feasibility of compromises between the state and society in the East German dictatorship. The experience of a weak administration encouraged many ''Schwarzwohner'' to subvert the state’s claim to power in other areas as well, and it is no coincidence that many of them played an active role during the 1989 ‘peaceful revolution’<ref>Udo Grashoff: Schwarzwohnen. Die Unterwanderung der staatlichen Wohnraumlenkung in der DDR, vr unipress, Goettingen 2011</ref>. | ||
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