ISBN:
9781782381037
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (254 p)
Series Statement:
Monographs in German History v.33
Series Statement:
Monographs in German History Ser v.33
Parallel Title:
Print version State And Minorities In Communist East Germany
DDC:
305.5609431
Keywords:
Honecker, Erich
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Political culture History
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Authority Social aspects
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History
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Minorities Government policy
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History
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Communism Social aspects
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History
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Minorities Social conditions
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Authority ; Social aspects ; Germany (East) ; History
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Communism ; Social aspects ; Germany (East) ; History
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Germany (East) ; Social conditions
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Honecker, Erich
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Minorities ; Germany (East) ; Social conditions
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Minorities ; Government policy ; Germany (East) ; History
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Political culture ; Germany (East) ; History
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Electronic books
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Germany (East) Social conditions
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Germany (East) Ethnic relations
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Germany (East) Politics and government
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Germany (East) Social policy
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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 East German dictatorship and shedding light on the notio
Description / Table of Contents:
State and Minorities in Communist East Germany; CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface; CHAPTER 1 - STATE, SOCIETY AND MINORITY GROUPS IN THE GDR; CHAPTER 2 - BETWEEN TORAH AND SICKLE: JEWS IN EAST GERMANY, 1945-1990; CHAPTER 3 - JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: FROM PERSECUTION TO SURVIVAL; CHAPTER 4 - ASIAN AND AFRICAN WORKERS IN THE NICHES OF SOCIETY; CHAPTER 5 - FOOTBALL FANS, HOOLIGANS AND THE STATE; CHAPTER 6 - SUB-CULTURES: PUNKS, GOTHS AND HEAVY METALLERS; CHAPTER 7 - SKINHEADS AND RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM IN AN ANTI-FASCIST STATE
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 8 - CONCLUSION: MINORITIES, PRESENT AND PASTREFERENCES; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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State, society, and minority groups in the GDR
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Between Torah and sickle : Jews in East Germany, 1945-1990
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Jehovah's Witnesses : from persecution to survival
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Asian and African workers in the niches of society
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Football fans, hooligans, and the state
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Sub-cultures : punks, goths, and heavy metallers
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Skinheads and right extremism in an anti-fascist state
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Conclusion
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