1989: 33 years old, single mother; studied journalism in Leipzig; 1881 – 1983 director of the Jörgen Schmidtchen youth clubhouse in Leipzig-Schönefeld; founded a series of events there under the title “Women’s Centre”; after it was banned, she was dismissed without notice; 09|1989 spokeswoman for the New Forum; co-founder of the Leipzig Women’s Initiative. In 1990/91 she was editor of the women’s page “Ganz” of the DAZ (Die andere Zeitung) and freelance journalist; after completing training, she has been giving courses in Taichi, Qigong, Reiki and running the YINYANG Centre in Leipzig from 1995 to the present day.
Petra Lux
„The summer the New Forum was founded, I was in Tajikistan. And I came back and heard about the New Forum. I immediately enquired who was doing it here in Leipzig and went there the very next day and registered as a contact person. But you have to think about that first, because the contact persons… the “New Forum” was still banned at the time, and that was also a risk, because the addresses were posted on the Nikolaikirche, visible to everyone, including the Stasi. Sure, and I had to make a few phone calls. Because I’m quite realistic about it, I could have ended up in prison. I spoke to a friend about my children and she promised me that she would take my children… we sorted that out. And then I did it.“
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