{"id":1100,"date":"2022-03-25T19:39:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doing-memory.de\/racist-violence-in-the-gdr-the-murder-of-delfin-guerra-and-raul-garcia-paret-in-merseburg\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T09:58:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T09:58:26","slug":"racist-violence-in-the-gdr-the-murder-of-delfin-guerra-and-raul-garcia-paret-in-merseburg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/doing-memory.de\/en\/racist-violence-in-the-gdr-the-murder-of-delfin-guerra-and-raul-garcia-paret-in-merseburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Racist violence in the GDR \u2013 the murder of Delfin Guerra and Ra\u00fal Garcia Paret in Merseburg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This podcast episode commemorates the killing of the two Cuban contract workers Delfin Guerra and Ra\u00fal Paret in 1979. In conversation with <strong>Cynthia Zimmermann<\/strong>from the &#8216;Initiative 12. August&#8217; and the journalist and documentary filmmaker <strong>Julia Oelkers<\/strong> we reflect on racism in the GDR and the challenges of remembrance across long distances, both geographical and temporal.<\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/doing-memory\/embed\/episodes\/S1F03-Rassistische-Gewalt-in-der-DDR--Ermordung-von-Delfin-Guerra-und-Ral-Garcia-Paret-in-Merseburg-e1g8eur\" height=\"140px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the event<\/h4>\n\n<p>On August 12, 1969, Delfin Guerra and Ra\u00fal Garcia Paret, two Cuban so-called contract workers, lose their lives in Merseburg. Fleeing from a racist hunt, the two Cubans jumped into the Saale, where they were pelted with stones and bottles. Their bodies were not found until days later. The crime was never consistently solved \u2013 neither by the GDR police and public prosecutor&#8217;s office following the instructions of the SED leadership at the time, nor by renewed investigations carried out by the prosecutor&#8217;s office in Halle.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Literature, links and background information<\/h4>\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/initiative12august.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Initiative 12. August.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Lydia Lierke und Massimo Perinelli (Hg.): \u201eErinnern st\u00f6ren \u2013 der Mauerfall aus migratischer und j\u00fcdischer Perspektive\u201c. <a href=\"9783957324511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ISBN: 9783957324511<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n<p>Julia Oelkers und Thomas Walther (2013): \u201cCan\u2019t Be Silent\u201d [Film]. Trailer: Can&#8217;t Be Silent &#8211; Trailer deutsch german (Julia Oelker).<\/p>\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bruderland.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cEigensinn im Bruderland\u201d<\/a> [Webdokumentation].<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gegenuns.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gegen uns. Betroffene im Gespr\u00e4ch \u00fcber rechte Gewalt nach 1990 und die Verteidigung der solidarischen Gesellschaft<\/a>\u201d [Webdokumentation].<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Further articles on the alleged murder of Delfin Guerra and Ra\u00fal Garcia Paret and cultural practices of remembrance and challenges in this context:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Informationen der Mobilen Beratung f\u00fcr Opfer rechter Gewalt (2017): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobile-opferberatung.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/news54_Langfassung_Der-Fall-Merseburg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Der Fall Merseburg: Lynchmord an Delfin Guerra und Ra\u00fal Garcia Paret in Merseburg am 12. August 1979. Ein Gastbeitrag von Dr. Harry Waibel, Historiker<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Radio Corax (11.05.2021): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.radiocorax.de\/mord-an-raul-garcia-paret-und-delfin-guerra-das-erinnern-wird-kriminalisiert\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mord an Ra\u00fal Garcia Paret und Delfin Guerra \u2013 Das Erinnern wird kriminalisiert<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Deutschlandfunk Kultur (14.05.2021): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/srv.deutschlandradio.de\/dlf-audiothek-audio-teilen.3265.de.html?mdm:audio_id=925584\" target=\"_blank\">Streit um Gedenkort f\u00fcr tote DDR-Gastarbeiter. Es gibt einen Unwillen, sich damit auseinanderzusetzen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/initiative12august\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagramseite der Initiative 12. August<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Articles on the topic of right-wing violence and neo-Nazism in the GDR:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Waibel, Harry (2017): Die braune Saat: Antisemitismus und Neonazismus in der DDR. Schmetterling, Stuttgart.<br\/>Deutschlandfunk (2019): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deutschlandfunk.de\/die-ddr-und-ihre-neonazis-real-existierender.862.de.html?dram:article_id=460746\" target=\"_blank\">Die DDR und ihre Neonazis. Real existierender Rechtsextremismus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Information from the August 12 initiative <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/initiative12august.de\/in-gedenken\/die-doppelte-mauer\/das-vergessenwerden-hat-geschichte\/\" target=\"_blank\">on the deaths of Manuel Diogo and Carlos Concei\u00e7\u00e3o as other suspected murders<\/a> , see also information from the Mobile Beratung f\u00fcr Opfer rechter Gewalt (Mobile Advice for Victims of Right-Wing Violence) (2017).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Articles on the situation of contract workers in the GDR:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Poutrus, Patrice G. (2020): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosalux.de\/fileadmin\/rls_uploads\/pdfs\/sonst_publikationen\/US-IH-Marsch_Migration-web.pdf.\" target=\"_blank\">Von der Planwirtschaft in die ethnische \u00d6konomie. Vertragsarbeiter in der DDR und Ostdeutschland<\/a>. In: Albert Scharenberg (Hrsg.). Der lange Marsch der Migration. Die Anf\u00e4nge migrantischer Selbstorganisation im Nachkriegsdeutschland. Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. S. 125-139.<\/p>\n\n<p>Dokumentationszentrum und Museum \u00fcber die Migration in Deutschland e.V.: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/domid.org\/news\/vertragsarbeit-in-der-ddr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Motivserie &#8220;Migrationsgeschichte in Bildern&#8221;. \u201eVertragsarbeiter\u201c in der DDR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ze.tt\/vertragsarbeiterinnen-in-der-ddr-heute-koennen-sie-keine-kinder-mehr-kriegen-weil-sie-kaputt-sind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kurt, Seyda (2018): Vertragsarbeiter*innen in der DDR: \u201eHeute k\u00f6nnen sie keine Kinder mehr kriegen, weil sie kaputt sind\u201c<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits<\/h4>\n\n<p>Editors: Tanja Thomas, Fabian Virchow and Tobias Fernholz<br\/>Co-conceptualization and production: grasshopper kreativ<br\/>Hosts: Tanja Thomas and Fabian Virchow<br\/>Sound logo: Martin Pfeilsticker and Pia Fruth<\/p>\n\n<p>The event review was produced by Master&#8217;s students from Eberhard Karls University T\u00fcbingen and D\u00fcsseldorf University of Applied Sciences.<\/p>\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits event review<\/h5>\n\n<p>Soundbite: Jessica Mass\u00f3chua von der Initiative 12. August<br\/>Speaker: Pia Fruth<br\/>Team event reconstruction: Lina K., Chiara W., Jelle P., Frie H., Julia M.<br\/>Sound &amp; editing: Jan Kunz<\/p>\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits photograph page header:<\/h5>\n\n<p>Cynthia Zimmermann<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This podcast episode commemorates the killing of the two Cuban contract workers Delfin Guerra and Ra\u00fal Paret in 1979. In conversation with Cynthia Zimmermannfrom the &#8216;Initiative 12. August&#8217; and the journalist and documentary filmmaker Julia Oelkers we reflect on racism in the GDR and the challenges of remembrance across long distances, both geographical and temporal. 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