State and Minorities in Communist East Germany

by Laporte, Mike Dennis, Norman LaPorte

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782381031
• ISBN13: 9781782381037
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"