State and Minorities in Communist East Germany

Mike Dennis is Professor of Modern German History at the University of Wolverhampton. He is the author of several monographs on the GDR, including Social and Economic Modernization in Eastern Germany from Honecker to Kohl (Pinter, 1993) and The Rise and Fall of the German Democratic Republic 1945 - 1990 (Longman, 2000). He has co-edited numerous books on modern Germany, notably, with D. Steinert, Deutschland 1945 - 1990 (Wochenschau Verlag, 2005), and is currently engaged on a research project on elite sport in the GDR. Norman LaPorte is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Glamorgan. He has published widely on German Communism, including The German Communist Party in Saxony, 1924 - 33 (Peter Lang, 2003) and, with Stefan Berger, Friendly Enemies: Britain and the GDR, 1949 - 1990 (Berghahn, 2010). He is co-founding editor of the journal Twentieth Century Communism.

• List of Tables Preface Chapter 1. State, Society and Minority Groups in the GDR Mike Dennis and Norman Laporte Chapter 2. Between Torah and Sickle: Jews in East Germany, 1945-1990 Mike Dennis Chapter 3. Jehovah's Witnesses: From Persecution to Survival Mike Dennis Chapter 4. Asian and African Workers in the Niches of Society Mike Dennis Chapter 5. Football Fans, Hooligans and the State Mike Dennis Chapter 6. Sub-cultures: Punks, Goths and Heavy Metallers Mike Dennis and Norman Laporte Chapter 7. Skinheads and Right Extremism in an Anti-fascist State Norman Laporte Conclusion Mike Dennis Abbreviations Bibliography Index

"This welcome study illustrates how the various minorities managed to survive under the massive attempts of the East German regime to control them. Based on extensive archival research and interviews. Highly recommended." * Choice "There is much to admire in Dennis' and LaPorte's study. Fascinating comparative perspectives emerge from its surveys of groups which, for reason or another, did not fit into the SED's worldview - an invaluable introduction [that] is wide-ranging, diligently researched, and cogently argued - highly recommended." * German Studies Review