The East German leadership and the division of Germany : patriotism and propaganda 1945-1953 /
Spilker, Dirk,1966-
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-277) and index.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--St. Anthony's College, Oxford, 1998.
'It should look democratic--' : the German communists and the birth of the SED -- Nationwide goals and zonal priorities : the KPD/SED and the German question from Potsdam to Bizonia -- Between hope and despair : the SED and the consolidation of the SBZ -- Unity postponed : the SED and the founding of the GDR -- Retreat and retrenchment : the SED and the German question in the early 1950s.
Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
World War, 1939-1945