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East Germany Mass Organizations
The so-called mass organizations are an integral part of
society. They serve to integrate the individual into the social
and political life of the country and are designed to produce the
unity of interests that communist rulers claim is at the base of
a Marxist-Leninist system of government. The mass organizations,
however, are very much the stepchildren of the communist party.
They have been created from above to control, supervise, and
mobilize the public and to provide channels through which party
policies can effectively be implemented. In their function as
mouthpieces for party members, the mass organizations, however,
must refrain from producing significant conflict or deviating
from the basic outlines of party policy.
Data as of July 1987
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