Gerd Poppe was a German anti-communist activist and politician in the former German Democratic Republic. He was a member of the Modrow government and, following German reunification, sat in the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens. From Wikipedia
Gerd Poppe, a pioneer of the peaceful 1989 revolution and Germany’s first Federal Human Rights Commissioner, passed away on March 29, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of nonviolent resistance and global human rights advocacy.
