There is the Sorbian identity in parts of Thuringia and Saxony. The Sorbians are a West Slavic people in these regions with an own language and traditions. In the GDR Sorbians ambitions for preservation and autonomy had been surpressed by the Communists and labeled as" Nationalist and Titoist". During GDR time Sorbian language knowledge among the youth went down dramatically. The Communists kept a hard grip on Sorbian institutions and didn't wished, that they developed an own identity. The political organ of the Sorbians, the Domowina, was led by hard line Communists.Thuringia is specific region of the former DDR, how would a Thuringian identity be applied to the rest of the DDR?
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