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The File
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 16.00"Eloquent, aware and scrupulous . . . a rich and instructive examination of the Cold War past." --The New York Times In 1978 a romantic young Englishman took up residence in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. Fifteen years later Timothy Garton Ash--who was by then famous for his reportage of the downfall... more...
Kontrolle und Repression
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2006; US$ 64.69Hauptbeschreibung Babett Bauer analysiert in einer doppelten Perspektive den Zusammenhang von Diktaturerfahrung und individueller Identitätsstiftung in der DDR. Zeitzeugeninterviews werden mit Akten des Staatssicherheitsdienstes in direkte Beziehung gesetzt und subjektive Lebenswirklichkeiten aus dem »realsozialistischen« Alltag der Diktatur vor... more...
East Germany in Comparative Perspective
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 170.00As a new decade begins the popular demand for change has meant that the social and political fabric of the the Eastern Bloc countries has been irrevocably altered. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the key political, economic and social areas of East German society, such as the military and the church, areas which will intrinsically involved... more...
Where the World Ended
University of California Press 1999; US$ 28.95When the Berlin Wall fell, people who lived along the dismantled border found their lives drastically and rapidly transformed. Daphne Berdahl, through ongoing ethnographic research in a former East German border village, explores the issues of borders and borderland identities that have accompanied the many transitions since 1990. What happens to identity... more...
Das ostdeutsche P.E.N.-Zentrum 1951 bis 1998
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 280.00?After the fall of the wall, the East German center of PEN, the worldwide association of writers, came under criticism. Its members were accused of collaboration with the dictatorial state power and of having failed as intellectuals. The book starts with considerations about the discourse on intellectuals and writers. On the basis of comprehensive... more...
Remembering the German Democratic Republic
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Memories of and attitudes to the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or East Germany, within contemporary Germany are characterized by their variety and complexity, whilst the debate over how to remember the GDR tells us a lot about how Germans see themselves and their future. This volume provides a range of international perspectives. more...
Representing East Germany since Unification
Bloomsbury Publishing 2005; US$ 109.95When the Berlin Wall came down and the two Germanies were reunited, culture was held up to be one of the keys to national unity. Ironically, however, this work argues that it is the realm of culture that, at times, has clearly demonstrated the divisions between East and West. more...
Popular Protest in East Germany
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 39.95An incisive new study of dissent and protest in the German Democratic Republic, focusing on the upheaval of 1989-1990. The author, an active participant both in the 'Citizens' Movement' and in the street protests of that year, draws upon a vast array of sources including interviews, documents from the archives of the old regime and the Citizens'... more...
State and Minorities in Communist East Germany
Berghahn Books 2011; US$ 90.00Based on interviews and the voluminous materials in the archives of the SED, the Stasi and central and regional authorities, this volume focuses on several contrasting minorities (Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, “guest” workers from Vietnam and Mozambique, football fans, punks, and skinheads)and their interaction with state and party bodies... more...
Volkserhebung gegen den SED-Staat
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2005; US$ 37.73Hauptbeschreibung Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953 ist eines der Schlüsselereignisse in der deutsch-deutschen Geschichte. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes berichten über den Verlauf des Aufstands und stellen die Bezüge zum kommunistischen Machtbereich her. Die Vorgänge im Repressionsapparat, die Gefangenenbefreiungen am 17. Juni, die Entwicklung der Strafpraxis... more...
