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Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the political and economic structures of the former German Democratic Republic are widely understood, but many questions remain thus motivated the East Germans themselves What are the common goals and the values stored GDR society and will, until his unexpected collapse in 1989, seemed to make it a relative success story.
Building the German myth Examines the east German communist party propaganda treatment of high German culture, anti-fascism, the Soviet-German friendship, and the German nationalist tradition in this study pathbreaking Alan Nothnagle argues that mass events indoctrination of the party campaigns are not mere propaganda but rather an ingenious mythbuilding program whereby young people were instilled with a dynamic mythology and almost unavoidable using a variety of unknown sources previously Nothnagle shows that mythology was also essential the existence of the GDR as the wall of Soviet occupation and, as its leaders have discovered in 1989, the GDR could not survive without it.
Besides the economic and human costs this book demonstrates, loss of honesty, subtlety and a sense of proportion can represent the most devastating legacy of the German experience.
Written to appeal to specialists and non-specialists, Building the East German myth will prove essential reading for those interested in the German and European history, communism, political propaganda and culture of the Cold War.
Alan L Nothnagle is Assistant Professor of History, University Europa does Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany.
Gives the reader an informed insight and fascinating passion and motivation of society GDR, an area of research that has often been overlooked Jeannette Madarasz, University College London, German History Volume 18, No. 4, 2000.
A book reflected well documented that contributes to a better understanding of recent German history and problems D J Fraley, Birmingham-Southern College, March 2001 Selection.
A very enlightening exploration of myth building failed, the failure of intensive propaganda efforts to instill hollow myths in a population living under the dictatorship Catherine Epstein, Amherst College, American Historical Review in April 2001.
Lucid, empathetic critical and highly writes John Connelly, European Central History Volume 34, No. 4.
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