Perspectives of collectivisation: Popular opinion and memory in saxony and lower silesia, 1948-1961
Journal: Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology)
Year: 2017

The collectivisation of the East German and Polish agriculture in the 1950s and 1960s stands at the centre of this thesis. The diverging experiences of collectivisation in East Germany and Poland are investigated through contemporary party reports and present-day memories. The thesis aims to open new perspectives on the history of collectivisation in both countries by studying two hitherto neglected aspects: the every-day, standardised negotiation of popular opinion on the farms and the present-