The Making of the GDR, 1945-53: From Antifascism to Stalinism
Gareth Pritchard, "The Making of the GDR, 1945-53: From Antifascism to Stalinism"
English | ISBN: 0719056543 | 2000 | 256 pages | PDF | 151 MB
English | ISBN: 0719056543 | 2000 | 256 pages | PDF | 151 MB
This book develops a ground-breaking analysis of the Stalinization of East Germany in the period of 1945 to 1953. Most traditional accounts have explained the creation of the GDR in terms of high politics and of Soviet foreign policy, but this book focuses on the social roots of the dictatorship. The analysis developed in this book is based on extensive research in the newly available East German archives. The book also tells a powerful human story, in which the aspirations of antifascists and Socialists were manipulated and ultimately betrayed by Stalinism.