Suchergebnisse

State, society, and minority groups in the GDR / Mike Dennis and Norman LaPorte -- Between Torah and sickle : Jews in East Germany, 1945-1990 / Mike Dennis -- Jehovah's Witnesses : from persecution to survival / Mike Dennis -- Asian and African workers in the niches of society / Mike Dennis -- Football fans, hooligans, and the state / Mike Dennis -- Sub-cultures : punks, goths, and heavy metallers / Mike Dennis and Norman LaPorte -- Skinheads and right extremism in an anti-fascist state / Norman LaPorte -- Conclusion : minorities, present and past / Mike Dennis

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

The Cold War over Germany was central to the history of the Cold War—its beginnings, its prolongation, and its end. One of the central elements in America's success in fighting the Cold War was its approach towards Germany: the creation of an economically prosperous, politically stable democracy in Western Germany that was closely integrated with the West. To the Americans involved, the success of this project was far less certain as it may seem in hindsight: West Germany's economic prosperity and political stability had humble beginnings. The Soviet threat exerted pressure that aggravated and distorted the problems of developing a viable democracy. Most importantly, the division of the country and of the former capital Berlin meant that the forces of German nationalism, while temporarily tamed, created an undercurrent of unease and unrest, a latent threat to the very foundations of the Federal Republic and the European settlement that the USSR could exploit. As a result, the United States developed a major psychological and economic warfare program to contain Soviet influence in Germany and combat Communist forces in the German Democratic Republic.

The relationship between church and state in Germany is conditioned by the centuries-long history of state Christianity and also by the struggle for the independence of the churches over against the state. The churches won their critical power against the state's power in their opposition to Hitler's dictatorship and the totalitarian Weltanschauung of national socialism. Since the division of the two German states in 1961, a church in socialism has developed in the German Democratic Republic. It is willing both to resist the totalitarian claims of its society and also to join into a critical partnership with the state to develop domestic social politics and peace politics between nations. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the Catholic and Evangelical churches are further developing themselves along the lines of a church for the people ( Volkskirche). This understanding of the nature of the church has been repeatedly placed into question since the development of the peace movement in 1981. A critical distance between the churches, on the one hand, and the claims and the political religion of the state, on the other, has consequently developed.

The relationship between church & state in Germany has been conditioned by the centuries-long history of state Christianity & the struggle for the independence of the churches over & against the state. The churches won their critical power against the state's power in their opposition to Hitler's dictatorship & the totalitarian Weltanschauung of national socialism. Since the division of the two German states in 1961, a "church in socialism" has developed in the German Democratic Republic. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the Catholic & Evangelical churches are further developing themselves along the lines of a church for the people (Volkskirche). Repeated questioning of this understanding of the church's nature has resulted in the development of a critical distance between the churches, on the one hand, & the claims & the political religion of the state, on the other. HA

Lebensbedingungen und politische Situation in der DDR.

Themen: Verbesserung der Verhältnisse in der Ostzone; Verbesserung der
Ernährungslage, der rechtlichen Verhältnisse und der Verwaltung;
Verbesserung der Verhältnisse durch Rentenerhöhung; Einführung der 45
Stunden-Woche und Aufhebung der Lebensmittelrationierung; Wege zur
Wiedervereinigung; Dauer bis zur Wiedervereinigung; Blockzugehörigkeit
eines wiedervereinten Deutschlands; Beurteilung der Politik Adenauers in
Bezug auf die Wiedervereinigung; Ansehen Adenauers; Rede von
US-Präsident Eisenhower über die Nahost-Situation; Inhalte der Rede
Eisenhowers; Einstellung zum Eisenhower-Plan; Auswirkung des
Ungarn-Aufstandes auf das Ansehen der UdSSR; Auswirkung des
Ungarn-Aufstandes auf die Situation in der DDR; Auswirkung des
Suez-Zwischenfalls und des Ungarn-Aufstands auf das Ansehen der USA

Demographie: Beruf; Alter; Schulbildung; Land; Häufigkeit der
Aufenthalte im Westen; Geschlecht; Datum; Ort des Interviews;
Interviewernummer.