Bringing culture to the masses : control, compromise and participation in the GDR : a case study of Bezirk Potsdam

This thesis examines cultural life that was organised in state institutions, factories and mass organisations in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Controlling people in their free time was an instrumental part of SED policy, but in spite of the party's attempts to direct and channel cultura...

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Main Author: von Richthofen, Esther Eugenie
Published: University College London (University of London) 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.429117