East Germany: Walter Ulbricht Speech. — Transcript

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1. 0:00and now let's welcome the East Germany
2. 0:03Communist party leader Walter
3. 0:12[Applause]
4. 0:14Albridge thank
5. 0:16you today we rise as brothers of the
6. 0:20German Democratic Republic we have
7. 0:23already seen the worst of times but
8. 0:25still we have managed to rise up and
9. 0:29take over what others have taken away
10. 0:31from us today we will be United today we
11. 0:35will bring joy to Our Land once again I
12. 0:39can proudly tell you have no worries we
13. 0:41are with you we're together we are equal
14. 0:46some modifications are to be implemented
15. 0:48step by step these changes will make our
16. 0:52nation succeed these changes will make
17. 0:54our nation
18. 0:56Unstoppable following the steps of our
19. 0:59closest partner the Soviet Union we may
20. 1:02apply a centralized government with a
21. 1:04plant production economy whose principal
22. 1:07function will be to manage every single
23. 1:10Factor regarding our people's Prosperity
24. 1:13always keeping in mind the common good
25. 1:15the East German community supported by a
26. 1:18welfare state will no longer be worried
27. 1:22about prices as they will be set and
28. 1:24managed by your government for you to be
29. 1:27able to afford everything you and your
30. 1:30family might need you will enjoy
31. 1:32education from all levels Healthcare and
32. 1:35recreational activities all for free
33. 1:39wealth will once and for all be equal
34. 1:43distribute the amount of waste that
35. 1:46resulted from competition will be
36. 1:49eliminated as duplication won't happen
37. 1:52because it will be planned and
38. 1:54allocated every single one of you will
39. 1:57be employed any case or not the
40. 2:01government we have the direct
41. 2:02responsibility to provide one for
42. 2:05you as you may know we will not Bend
43. 2:09under the United States we will stand
44. 2:13against America
45. 2:14ideas we will grow as
46. 2:17Communists for this reason along with
47. 2:20our Good Fellows Bulgaria Czechoslovakia
48. 2:23Hungary Poland Romania and the Soviet
49. 2:27Union an agreement has been made
50. 2:30this agreement will strengthen our
51. 2:32economy and will encourage Mutual
52. 2:36assistance the best part of this
53. 2:38agreement called concer for Mutual
54. 2:42economic assistant is that even
55. 2:44non-member States will benefit and
56. 2:47support each other we have estimated
57. 2:51that by
58. 2:521985 the council will have helped over a
59. 2:57100 countries and more than 4,000
60. 3:00industry projects around the world and
61. 3:02even anything we're unable to produce by
62. 3:05ourselves will be provided by our Allied
63. 3:08friends this is all great news yet we
64. 3:12still have work to do two multi-year
65. 3:15plans are to be introduced aiming to
66. 3:17recover from the losses we have suffered
67. 3:20pay our reparation debts build up and
68. 3:23nationalized our Industries approaching
69. 3:26this way economic growth and social
70. 3:28stability
71. 3:30these entire benefits sum up into a
72. 3:33brighter future a future of Fel educated
73. 3:36people welld distribut wealth and nons
74. 3:39subordinated ones lifelong Health Care
75. 3:43no poverty and as a result East Germany
76. 3:46will enjoy the perfect balance between
77. 3:48politics economics and
78. 3:51society as every successful government
79. 3:54we have knowledge on the most important
80. 3:56aspects aimed to provide you and me
81. 4:00quality of life these ements to and for
82. 4:03the
83. 4:04people there will be equality Social
84. 4:07Security qualified education and
85. 4:10Healthcare employment balance for you to
86. 4:14enjoy your life and have all for your
87. 4:16needs completely satisfied we will
88. 4:19become a great nation we will stand as
89. 4:23brothers and we will rise our flag
90. 4:27proudly brothers and sister sers
91. 4:30standing in front of you today we are
92. 4:33making history that will be remembered
93. 4:36as the day in which everything began
94. 4:39changes will be made and every single
95. 4:42change will bring us closer to the day
96. 4:44in which we will stand as brothers proud
97. 4:48to be part of a strong Unstoppable
98. 4:50bright Germany today we stand strong and
99. 4:54celebrate bright future we have a hit
100. 4:58today we see a new German
101. 5:01rights let there be great enthusiasm for
102. 5:04the plan throughout the entire Republic
103. 5:07that will overcome all obstacles let us
104. 5:11join together the fiveyear plan and
105. 5:14bring our economy and our own living
106. 5:17standards to previously unknown Heights
107. 5:21let's make it happen let's bring joy to
108. 5:24Our Land once again long life to our
109. 5:27people long life to our Brothers long
110. 5:31life to East
111. 5:38Germany thank
112. 5:41you