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2011/08/08
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Vademecum Contemporary History – Central and Eastern Europe

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the erection of the Berlin Wall the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur (Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship) has relaunched its Website. Within this framework approved research tools are presented anew to the public. … Continue reading

2011/06/17
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Samizdat periodicals in the GDR

Samizdat (Russian: самиздат) means self-publishing of underground publications that are nowadays an important source for studies on the history of countries of the former Soviet bloc. Possession and distribution of this kind of books, pamphlets and periodicals was prosecuted and severely punished. In the GDR carbon copies or … Continue reading