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Berghahn Books State and Minorities in Communist East Germany 2011 Edition by Mike Dennis, Norman Laporte
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 and surveillance by instruments of the state, thus illustrating the limits on the power of the East German dictatorship and shedding light on the notion of authority as social practice. Table of contents :- List of TablesPrefaceChapter 1. State, Society and Minority Groups in the GDRMike Dennis and Norman LaporteChapter 2. Between Torah and Sickle: Jews in East Germany, 1945-1990Mike DennisChapter 3. Jehovah's Witnesses: From Persecution to SurvivalMike DennisChapter 4. Asian and African Workers in the Niches of SocietyMike DennisChapter 5. Football Fans, Hooligans and the StateMike DennisChapter 6. Sub-cultures: Punks, Goths and Heavy MetallersMike Dennis and Norman LaporteChapter 7. Skinheads and Right Extremism in an Anti-fascist StateNorman LaporteConclusionMike DennisAbbreviationsBibliographyIndex