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 notion of authority as social practice.…mehr
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 notion of authority as social practice.
Norman LaPorte is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Glamorgan. He has published widely on German Communism, including The German Communist Party in Saxony, 1924-33 (Peter Lang, 2003) and, with Stefan Berger, Friendly Enemies: Britain and the GDR, 1949-1990 (Berghahn, 2010). He is co-founding editor of the journal Twentieth Century Communism.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Tables Preface Chapter 1. State, Society and Minority Groups in the GDR Mike Dennis and Norman Laporte Chapter 2. Between Torah and Sickle: Jews in East Germany, 1945-1990 Mike Dennis Chapter 3. Jehovah's Witnesses: From Persecution to Survival Mike Dennis Chapter 4. Asian and African Workers in the Niches of Society Mike Dennis Chapter 5. Football Fans, Hooligans and the State Mike Dennis Chapter 6. Sub-cultures: Punks, Goths and Heavy Metallers Mike Dennis and Norman Laporte Chapter 7. Skinheads and Right Extremism in an Anti-fascist State Norman Laporte Conclusion Mike Dennis Abbreviations Bibliography Index
List of Tables Preface Chapter 1. State, Society and Minority Groups in the GDR Mike Dennis and Norman Laporte Chapter 2. Between Torah and Sickle: Jews in East Germany, 1945-1990 Mike Dennis Chapter 3. Jehovah's Witnesses: From Persecution to Survival Mike Dennis Chapter 4. Asian and African Workers in the Niches of Society Mike Dennis Chapter 5. Football Fans, Hooligans and the State Mike Dennis Chapter 6. Sub-cultures: Punks, Goths and Heavy Metallers Mike Dennis and Norman Laporte Chapter 7. Skinheads and Right Extremism in an Anti-fascist State Norman Laporte Conclusion Mike Dennis Abbreviations Bibliography Index
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