Exodus of East German refugees in Prague 1989 and its reflexion in the official newspapers in GDR and CSSR

The bachelor thesis entitled "The East German Exodus in Prague in 1989 and its Reflection in the Official Press of the GDR and CSSR" deals with the development of the East German exodus in Prague in 1989 and its reflection in Rudé Právo and Neues Deutschland. The objective of the thesis is to outline the situation in the GDR during the Honecker era (1971-1989) and to introduce the related phenomenon of occupation of German embassies in the 1980s. The following part of the thesis discusses the individual development stages of the East German exodus in Prague in 1989. The final part of the thesis examines the reflection of the refugee phenomenon in the above mentioned periodicals in the period of September 5 to November 7, 1989