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Bohley trained as a painter; Käthe Kollwitz was inspiration; became a leading member of the peace movement (2) 
In 1983, Bohley was imprisoned by the Stasi for six weeks accused of “treasonable information transmission” (3)
Bohley was founding member of the dissident groups Women for Peace and Initiative for Peace & Human Rights (4)
In 1988, Bohley was arrested at a demo and expelled from the GDR, returned in the fall of 1989 co-founding New Forum (5)
Bohley sought for East Germany to become an independent, democratic socialist state and opposed reunification. (6)
In 1990, she took part in the occupation of Stasi headquarters – “My Stasi File belongs to me!” (7)
Bohley criticized the outcomes of 1989: “We wanted justice, but we got the rule of law.” (8)
