How socialist East Germany's elite turned capitalist:
"When East and West Germany re-united, the world was amazed - but this great moment should have been foreseen. East Germany, the GDR, was not transformed by a counterrevolution from the outside; the leadership was always capitalist at heart. The author shows how they were undermining the social...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "When East and West Germany re-united, the world was amazed - but this great moment should have been foreseen. East Germany, the GDR, was not transformed by a counterrevolution from the outside; the leadership was always capitalist at heart. The author shows how they were undermining the socialist foundations even in the 1950s, as soon as Stalin died"-- |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 247 Seiten Porträt (des Verfassers auf dem Cover) 23 cm |
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| adam_text | Table of Contents Setting The Scene 1 Preface з Part One: Before The 1963 ‘Economic Reform’ 9 1. The Prevention of Democratic Change in East Germany after World War II Ulbrichťs group and the new Berlin administration 9 9 Ulbricht disbands the anti-fascist committees 14 Top administrativepositions handed over to reactionary forces Leading positions in industry and commerce given to the old German bourgeoisie 17 19 Veteran communists and anti-fascists excludedfrom leading positions 22 The suppression of the workers’ council movement 23 30 30 2. The Role of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD) Introduction 30 Origins and development of SMAD The SMAD under Army-General Vasily Sokolovsky 35 3. The Foundation of the GDR on October 7,1949 37 4. Stalin’s Diplomatic Initiative in March/April 1952 41 5. “Accelerated Construction of Socialism” — the Second Party Conference 43 of the Socialist Unity Party 6. The 17th of June, 1953 48 ix
How Socialist East Germany’s Elite Turned Capitalist The triggers of the workers’rebellion The deeper roots The uprising and the violent suppression Time Line, June 17 in East Berlin Ulbricht’s political survival thanks to Khrushchev’s putsch against Beria Khrushchev’s coup Ulbricht’s purge Was the 17thjune an “imperialistprovocation”! 48 52 55 55 58 60 60 64 7. The New Character of the Socialist Unity Party after the June Events 8. First Steps Towards the New Economic System 9. The Events Preceding the Building of the Berlin Wall 10. The Building of the Berlin Wall on August 13,1961 11. “De-Stalinization 12. A Former Nazi — Ulbricht’s First Choice for the “Economic Reform” 65 68 71 74 78 79 13. Final Preparations 81 Part Two: The “New Economic System Of Planning and Leadership” (Nöspl) 1. Disregard for the Law of Central Planning Principles of central planning The basic laws ofbuilding socialism must be observed, or else! The three main tasks ofNŐSPL and the socialistfacade Thefactual ending of central planning 2. Profit as Regulator of Social Production The new emphasis on profit The role ofprofit in building socialism What was Lenin’s stance! 83 83 83 85 87 88 91 91 92 93 3. The Realization of Profit through the Market 4. Means of Production Becoming Commodities 5. The New Banking and Credit System 6. The Reform of Industrial Prices The denunciation ofStalin Acloserlookatthelawofvalue New pricefixing The consequences 95 98 102 105 105 107 107 HO 7. Self-financing 8. Concentration and Centralization of Capital 111 112 9. The New Premium System 10. The Abolition of the
State Monopoly on Foreign Trade 115 117 11. Influx of Foreign Capital 12. The Sector “Commercial Coordination”(KoKo) 120 124 x
Table ofContents Origins, status and the role of the “Stasi” The backers 124 122 The methods 128 130 Human trafficking KoKo and Wandlitz 131 13. Debt Policies The socialist principle offreedomfrom debt 135 135 The GDR’s policy of debt accumulation 136 Was the GDRfree of debts under General Secretary Ulbricht? Honecker’s ambitious spending programs 140 141 International finance capital silently colonizes the GDR 144 14. A New Capitalist Class What are classes? Was there still any “people’s property”? The new capitalists: “capitalpersonified The members ofthe new GDR bourgeoisie The new composition ofthe GDR bourgeoisie 146 146 147 148 151 151 15. The GDR Working Class — An Exploited Class 153 16. The Consciousness of the GDR Working Class 154 17. The GDR State — An Instrument of the New Ruling Class 157 Part Three: The End Of The Ulbricht Era 161 1. The plot to get rid of Walter Ulbricht 161 2. The reasons for Ulbrichťs removal: The economic crisis in the GDR in 162 1970 3. The “Prague Spring” 165 4. The Polish rebellion 166 5. Honecker’s “Main Task” Honecker’s pricefreeze and spending programs 167 167 The consequences 168 Summary And Conclusions 175 Appendix I. Chronology Of The Gdr’s Final Twenty Years Appendix II. Documents 185 Document 1. The political legacy ofAnton Saefkov Document 2. Honecker seeks early releasefrom prison Document 3. The penitentiary director recommends his release 205 205 205 206 Document 4. Did Ulbricht install a Gestapo spy into the German anti-fascist resistancefighters during the Spanish Civil War? Documents. “Anti-
fascist EricMielkewasinthepayoftheOSS 206 208 Document 6. Stalin’s views on a post-war Germany Document 7. The “anti-fascist” Walter Ulbricht disbanding the anti-fascist committees in Berlin xi 209 210
How Socialist East Germany’s Elite Turned Capitalist Document 8. Ulbrich tells Dimitrov how he dealt with “illegal” German anti-fascists 211 Document 9. Pieck asks Soviet General Serov to send German POWs home to assist Ulbricht’s mission in Berlin 211 Document 10. The 1946 internal crisis of the Socialist Unity Party 212 Document 11. A Soviet officer complains about shortcomings in the democratization effort in the new East German administration Document 12. The dismissal of General Tulpanov 213 Document 13. Order no. 1, Marshal Zhukov appointing himself chief ofSMAD Document 14. Zhukov keeps large amounts of German treasurefor himself Document 15. Goodwill telegram by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union sent to the Second Party Conference of the SED 219 Document 16. The Soviet leadership (Malenkov/Beria) sharply criticizes the policy of the SED Politburo 220 Document 17. Ulbricht speaks to rebellious workers 215 216 217 222 Document 18. The unconstitutional arrest ofJustice Minister Max Fechner Document 19. Ulbricht praises the 20 th Congress 224 225 Document 20. Ulbricht settles the score with Stalin 225 Document 21. Human trafficking in the GDR Document 22. Schalck’s decorations for “outstanding services” 226 227 Document 23. Schalck’s connections to West German intelligence 228 Document 24. The GDR selling off its cultural heritage 229 Document 25. Werner Krolikovsky on the GDR economy 230 Document 26. Two Schürer documents (1989) on the GDR’s impending insolvency Document 27. Former Stasi officer RalfOpitzdescribing the corrupt lifestyle in Wandlitz 234 232 4. How
Anti-fascist was the German Democratic Republic? xii 237
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Table of Contents Setting The Scene 1 Preface з Part One: Before The 1963 ‘Economic Reform’ 9 1. The Prevention of Democratic Change in East Germany after World War II Ulbrichťs group and the new Berlin administration 9 9 Ulbricht disbands the anti-fascist committees 14 Top administrativepositions handed over to reactionary forces Leading positions in industry and commerce given to the old German bourgeoisie 17 19 Veteran communists and anti-fascists excludedfrom leading positions 22 The suppression of the workers’ council movement 23 30 30 2. The Role of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD) Introduction 30 Origins and development of SMAD The SMAD under Army-General Vasily Sokolovsky 35 3. The Foundation of the GDR on October 7,1949 37 4. Stalin’s Diplomatic Initiative in March/April 1952 41 5. “Accelerated Construction of Socialism” — the Second Party Conference 43 of the Socialist Unity Party 6. The 17th of June, 1953 48 ix
How Socialist East Germany’s Elite Turned Capitalist The triggers of the workers’rebellion The deeper roots The uprising and the violent suppression Time Line, June 17 in East Berlin Ulbricht’s political survival thanks to Khrushchev’s putsch against Beria Khrushchev’s coup Ulbricht’s purge Was the 17thjune an “imperialistprovocation”! 48 52 55 55 58 60 60 64 7. The New Character of the Socialist Unity Party after the June Events 8. First Steps Towards the New Economic System 9. The Events Preceding the Building of the Berlin Wall 10. The Building of the Berlin Wall on August 13,1961 11. “De-Stalinization" 12. A Former Nazi — Ulbricht’s First Choice for the “Economic Reform” 65 68 71 74 78 79 13. Final Preparations 81 Part Two: The “New Economic System Of Planning and Leadership” (Nöspl) 1. Disregard for the Law of Central Planning Principles of central planning The basic laws ofbuilding socialism must be observed, or else! The three main tasks ofNŐSPL and the socialistfacade Thefactual ending of central planning 2. Profit as Regulator of Social Production The new emphasis on profit The role ofprofit in building socialism What was Lenin’s stance! 83 83 83 85 87 88 91 91 92 93 3. The Realization of Profit through the Market 4. Means of Production Becoming Commodities 5. The New Banking and Credit System 6. The Reform of Industrial Prices The denunciation ofStalin Acloserlookatthelawofvalue New pricefixing The consequences 95 98 102 105 105 107 107 HO 7. Self-financing 8. Concentration and Centralization of Capital 111 112 9. The New Premium System 10. The Abolition of the
State Monopoly on Foreign Trade 115 117 11. Influx of Foreign Capital 12. The Sector “Commercial Coordination”(KoKo) 120 124 x
Table ofContents Origins, status and the role of the “Stasi” The backers 124 122 The methods 128 130 Human trafficking KoKo and Wandlitz 131 13. Debt Policies The socialist principle offreedomfrom debt 135 135 The GDR’s policy of debt accumulation 136 Was the GDRfree of debts under General Secretary Ulbricht? Honecker’s ambitious spending programs 140 141 International finance capital silently colonizes the GDR 144 14. A New Capitalist Class What are classes? Was there still any “people’s property”? The new capitalists: “capitalpersonified" The members ofthe new GDR bourgeoisie The new composition ofthe GDR bourgeoisie 146 146 147 148 151 151 15. The GDR Working Class — An Exploited Class 153 16. The Consciousness of the GDR Working Class 154 17. The GDR State — An Instrument of the New Ruling Class 157 Part Three: The End Of The Ulbricht Era 161 1. The plot to get rid of Walter Ulbricht 161 2. The reasons for Ulbrichťs removal: The economic crisis in the GDR in 162 1970 3. The “Prague Spring” 165 4. The Polish rebellion 166 5. Honecker’s “Main Task” Honecker’s pricefreeze and spending programs 167 167 The consequences 168 Summary And Conclusions 175 Appendix I. Chronology Of The Gdr’s Final Twenty Years Appendix II. Documents 185 Document 1. The political legacy ofAnton Saefkov Document 2. Honecker seeks early releasefrom prison Document 3. The penitentiary director recommends his release 205 205 205 206 Document 4. Did Ulbricht install a Gestapo spy into the German anti-fascist resistancefighters during the Spanish Civil War? Documents. “Anti-
fascist"EricMielkewasinthepayoftheOSS 206 208 Document 6. Stalin’s views on a post-war Germany Document 7. The “anti-fascist” Walter Ulbricht disbanding the anti-fascist committees in Berlin xi 209 210
How Socialist East Germany’s Elite Turned Capitalist Document 8. Ulbrich tells Dimitrov how he dealt with “illegal” German anti-fascists 211 Document 9. Pieck asks Soviet General Serov to send German POWs home to assist Ulbricht’s mission in Berlin 211 Document 10. The 1946 internal crisis of the Socialist Unity Party 212 Document 11. A Soviet officer complains about shortcomings in the democratization effort in the new East German administration Document 12. The dismissal of General Tulpanov 213 Document 13. Order no. 1, Marshal Zhukov appointing himself chief ofSMAD Document 14. Zhukov keeps large amounts of German treasurefor himself Document 15. Goodwill telegram by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union sent to the Second Party Conference of the SED 219 Document 16. The Soviet leadership (Malenkov/Beria) sharply criticizes the policy of the SED Politburo 220 Document 17. Ulbricht speaks to rebellious workers 215 216 217 222 Document 18. The unconstitutional arrest ofJustice Minister Max Fechner Document 19. Ulbricht praises the 20 th Congress 224 225 Document 20. Ulbricht settles the score with Stalin 225 Document 21. Human trafficking in the GDR Document 22. Schalck’s decorations for “outstanding services” 226 227 Document 23. Schalck’s connections to West German intelligence 228 Document 24. The GDR selling off its cultural heritage 229 Document 25. Werner Krolikovsky on the GDR economy 230 Document 26. Two Schürer documents (1989) on the GDR’s impending insolvency Document 27. Former Stasi officer RalfOpitzdescribing the corrupt lifestyle in Wandlitz 234 232 4. How
Anti-fascist was the German Democratic Republic? xii 237 |
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| contents | Part one. Before the 1963 'economic reform' -- The prevention of democratic change in East Germany after World War II -- The role of the soviet military administration in Germany (SMAD) -- The foundation of the GDR on October 7, 1949 -- Stalin's diplomatic initiative in March/April -- "Accelerated construction of socialism" -- the second party conference of the socialist unity party -- The 17th of June, 1953 -- The new character of the socialist unity party after the June events -- First steps towards the new economic system -- The events preceding the building of the Berlin Wall -- The building of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 -- "De-Stalinization" -- A former Nazi -- Ulbricht's first choice for the "economic reform" -- Final preparations -- Part two. The "new economic system of planning and leadership" (NÖSPL) -- Disregard for the law of central planning -- Profit as regulator of social production -- The realization of profit through the market -- Means of production becoming commodities -- The new banking and credit system -- The reform of industrial prices -- Self-financing -- Concentration and centralization of capital -- The new premium system -- The abolition of the state monopoly on foreign trade -- Influx of foreign capital -- The sector "commercial coordination" (KoKo) -- Debt policies -- A new capitalist class -- The GDR working class -- An exploited class -- The consciousness of the GDR working class -- The GDR state -- an instrument of the new ruling class -- Part three. The end of the Ulbricht era -- The plot to get rid of Walter Ulbricht -- The reasons for Ulbricht's removal: the economic crisis in the GDR in 1970 -- The "Prague spring" -- The Polish rebellion -- Honecker's "main task" |
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| spelling | Schnehen, Gerhard 1949- Verfasser (DE-588)1231249412 aut How socialist East Germany's elite turned capitalist Gerhard Schnehen New York Algora Publishing [2021] © 2021 xii, 247 Seiten Porträt (des Verfassers auf dem Cover) 23 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Part one. Before the 1963 'economic reform' -- The prevention of democratic change in East Germany after World War II -- The role of the soviet military administration in Germany (SMAD) -- The foundation of the GDR on October 7, 1949 -- Stalin's diplomatic initiative in March/April -- "Accelerated construction of socialism" -- the second party conference of the socialist unity party -- The 17th of June, 1953 -- The new character of the socialist unity party after the June events -- First steps towards the new economic system -- The events preceding the building of the Berlin Wall -- The building of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 -- "De-Stalinization" -- A former Nazi -- Ulbricht's first choice for the "economic reform" -- Final preparations -- Part two. The "new economic system of planning and leadership" (NÖSPL) -- Disregard for the law of central planning -- Profit as regulator of social production -- The realization of profit through the market -- Means of production becoming commodities -- The new banking and credit system -- The reform of industrial prices -- Self-financing -- Concentration and centralization of capital -- The new premium system -- The abolition of the state monopoly on foreign trade -- Influx of foreign capital -- The sector "commercial coordination" (KoKo) -- Debt policies -- A new capitalist class -- The GDR working class -- An exploited class -- The consciousness of the GDR working class -- The GDR state -- an instrument of the new ruling class -- Part three. The end of the Ulbricht era -- The plot to get rid of Walter Ulbricht -- The reasons for Ulbricht's removal: the economic crisis in the GDR in 1970 -- The "Prague spring" -- The Polish rebellion -- Honecker's "main task" "When East and West Germany re-united, the world was amazed - but this great moment should have been foreseen. East Germany, the GDR, was not transformed by a counterrevolution from the outside; the leadership was always capitalist at heart. The author shows how they were undermining the socialist foundations even in the 1950s, as soon as Stalin died"-- Geschichte 1989-2021 gnd rswk-swf Kapitalismus (DE-588)4029577-1 gnd rswk-swf Sozialismus (DE-588)4055785-6 gnd rswk-swf Wirtschaftssystem (DE-588)4117663-7 gnd rswk-swf Wirtschaftliche Elite (DE-588)4372106-0 gnd rswk-swf Systemtransformation (DE-588)4060633-8 gnd rswk-swf Deutschland Östliche Länder (DE-588)4252579-2 gnd rswk-swf Deutschland DDR (DE-588)4011890-3 gnd rswk-swf Germany (East) / Economic conditions Germany (East) / Economic policy Capitalism / Germany (East) / History Capitalism Economic history Economic policy Germany (East) History Deutschland DDR (DE-588)4011890-3 g Deutschland Östliche Länder (DE-588)4252579-2 g Wirtschaftssystem (DE-588)4117663-7 s Systemtransformation (DE-588)4060633-8 s Wirtschaftliche Elite (DE-588)4372106-0 s Kapitalismus (DE-588)4029577-1 s Sozialismus (DE-588)4055785-6 s Geschichte 1989-2021 z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 9781628944457 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=034027578&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Schnehen, Gerhard 1949- How socialist East Germany's elite turned capitalist Part one. Before the 1963 'economic reform' -- The prevention of democratic change in East Germany after World War II -- The role of the soviet military administration in Germany (SMAD) -- The foundation of the GDR on October 7, 1949 -- Stalin's diplomatic initiative in March/April -- "Accelerated construction of socialism" -- the second party conference of the socialist unity party -- The 17th of June, 1953 -- The new character of the socialist unity party after the June events -- First steps towards the new economic system -- The events preceding the building of the Berlin Wall -- The building of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 -- "De-Stalinization" -- A former Nazi -- Ulbricht's first choice for the "economic reform" -- Final preparations -- Part two. The "new economic system of planning and leadership" (NÖSPL) -- Disregard for the law of central planning -- Profit as regulator of social production -- The realization of profit through the market -- Means of production becoming commodities -- The new banking and credit system -- The reform of industrial prices -- Self-financing -- Concentration and centralization of capital -- The new premium system -- The abolition of the state monopoly on foreign trade -- Influx of foreign capital -- The sector "commercial coordination" (KoKo) -- Debt policies -- A new capitalist class -- The GDR working class -- An exploited class -- The consciousness of the GDR working class -- The GDR state -- an instrument of the new ruling class -- Part three. The end of the Ulbricht era -- The plot to get rid of Walter Ulbricht -- The reasons for Ulbricht's removal: the economic crisis in the GDR in 1970 -- The "Prague spring" -- The Polish rebellion -- Honecker's "main task" Kapitalismus (DE-588)4029577-1 gnd Sozialismus (DE-588)4055785-6 gnd Wirtschaftssystem (DE-588)4117663-7 gnd Wirtschaftliche Elite (DE-588)4372106-0 gnd Systemtransformation (DE-588)4060633-8 gnd |
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| title | How socialist East Germany's elite turned capitalist |
| title_auth | How socialist East Germany's elite turned capitalist |
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| title_full_unstemmed | How socialist East Germany's elite turned capitalist Gerhard Schnehen |
| title_short | How socialist East Germany's elite turned capitalist |
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