Action Research in a Balance Between Theory and Practice

This enquiry includes German philology, philosophy, psychology, and pedagogy in order to implement improvements by learning, self-discipline, understanding and reflection. This report reveals erosions of personality and family-relationships through infringements of human rights by the State Secret Police in the former East Germany. Through the research and self-directed and practical actions, we can grasp Whitehead's living contradiction. I adopted Tian and Laidlaw's step-by-step guide to complete the five action research-cycle questions. This complex process is illuminated by its historical background, access to Stasi records and picture-footage from Hoheneck Prison. The report seeks after truth, justice, and peace; it holds a mirror up to Germany's past. The text is dedicated to all, but particularly to those who suffered under the GDR regime, and serves both as ethnographic research and as a transparent banner of hope for human wellbeing and world peace.