03605nam 2200733 a 450 991046175490332120200520144314.01-78238-104-X0-85745-196-0(CKB)2670000000114072(EBL)769394(OCoLC)751694513(SSID)ssj0000541545(PQKBManifestationID)12143243(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000541545(PQKBWorkID)10498677(PQKB)11613628(MiAaPQ)EBC769394(Au-PeEL)EBL769394(CaPaEBR)ebr10497652(CaONFJC)MIL508998(EXLCZ)99267000000011407220110509d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrState and minorities in communist East Germany[electronic resource] /Mike Dennis and Norman LaPorteNew York Berghahn Books20111 online resource (254 p.)Monographs in German history ;v. 33Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-103-1 0-85745-195-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 / 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 East German dictatorship and shedding light on the notMonographs in German history ;v. 33.MinoritiesGermany (East)Social conditionsMinoritiesGovernment policyGermany (East)HistoryCommunismSocial aspectsGermany (East)HistoryAuthoritySocial aspectsGermany (East)HistoryPolitical cultureGermany (East)HistoryGermany (East)Social conditionsGermany (East)Ethnic relationsGermany (East)Politics and governmentGermany (East)Social policyElectronic books.MinoritiesSocial conditions.MinoritiesGovernment policyHistory.CommunismSocial aspectsHistory.AuthoritySocial aspectsHistory.Political cultureHistory.305.800943/109045Dennis Mike1940-993439Laporte Norman993440MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461754903321State and minorities in communist East Germany2274674UNINA