Abstract

This news segment features positive responses by West German citizens to Nikita Khrushchev’s disarmament initiative to reduce Soviet troops stationed in Eastern Europe by over a million, announced at a January 1960 meeting of the Supreme Soviet. The initiative was part of the policy of “peaceful coexistence” pursued by Khrushchev during the Cold War.

Interviews with Citizens of the Federal Republic on the Soviet Peace Initiative (January 16, 1960)

Source

Source: Aktuelle Kamera, January 16, 1960, accessed through ARD Mediathek (Retro Spezial DDR), Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/aktuelle-kamera/buerger-der-brd-zur-sowjetischen-friedensinitiative/ard/Y3JpZDovL2hyLW9ubGluZS8xMTQ0ODk

Recommended Citation

Interviews with Citizens of the Federal Republic on the Soviet Peace Initiative (January 16, 1960), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/occupation-and-the-emergence-of-two-states-1945-1961/ghdi:video-5069> [September 24, 2026].