State and Minorities in Communist East Germany.:

Based 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 skinhea...

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Hauptverfasser: Dennis, Mike, 1940- (VerfasserIn), Laporte, Norman (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Schriftenreihe:Monographs in German history ; v. 33.
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Zusammenfassung:Based 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 during Erich Honecker's rule over the communist system. It explores how they were able to resist persecution and surveillance by instruments of the state, thus illustrating the limits on the power of the post-totalitarian East German dictatorship and shedding li.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (254 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857451965
0857451960