
Sources for 1968 in East Germany:
The following sources are largely in German and links to the project "Youthful Opposition in the GDR" (Jugendopposition in der DDR) by the Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft (Berlin) and the Bundeszentrale fuer Politische Bildung (Bonn). Documents: - Document Collection, "Uprising in East Germany, 1953," ed. by. Malcolm Byrne (National Security Archive, 2001)
- Reactions to the building of the Berlin Wall, 1961
- Reactions to the Soviet invasion into Czechoslovakia, 1968
- Reactions to the expulsion of Wolf Biermann, 1976
- Eyewitness reports on youthful opposition in East Germany
- Transcripts of East German propaganda film "Pilots in Pajamas" (1967)
- "Report by East German Defense Minister Heinz Hoffmann on the Invasion of Czechoslovakia," August 30, 1968 (PHP Archives, ETH Zurich)
- "Letter From East German Deputy Defense Minister Heinz Kessler to Erich Honecker About His Conversation with Marshal Yakubovsky," August 31, 1968 (PHP Archives, ETH Zurich)
- "Weltfestspiele 1973," Comprehensive Website incl. eye-witness videos, chronologies, etc. on the World Youth Festical 1973 in East-Berlin (BpB, 2003)
Images: - Photos and Facsimiles on '1968' in East Germany
Videos Online: - Audio/Video on the Reactions to the Soviet Invason into Czechoslovakia
Related Websites: - "Jugendopposition in der DDR," Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft /BPP
- BPP Focus, "Geschichte der DDR"
- Manuscripts, "Der Schwarze Kanal, 1960-1989," Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, Frankfurt/Babelsberg
- "East German Propaganda," German Propaganda Archive, Calvin College
- The GDR in the Warsaw Pact, 1945-1989: Documents Highlighting East Germany's International Relations (PHP Archives, ETH Zurich)
Related Articles:
- Claus Christian Malzahn, "1968: Kain und Abel in West-Berlin," Spiegel Online, September 17, 2005
- Christian Semler, "1968 in Westen - was ging uns die DDR an?," Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, BPP, B 45/2003
- Ulrich Mählert, Geschichte der DDR (Landeszentrale fuer Politische Bildung, Thueringen, 3rd. ed., 2005)
- Anette Kaminsky, Illustrierte Konsumgeschichte der DDR (Landeszentrale fuer Politische Bildung, Thueringen, 1999)
- Lutz Kirchenwitz, "Folk Music and Singer-Songwriters in East Germany," in: Goethe-Institute, Dossier 1968
- Kaspar Maase, "Youth Cultures of the 1960s in East and West," in: Goethe-Institute, Dossier 1968
- Interview mit Christa Wolf, "Nehmt Euch in Acht," in: Frankfurter Rundschau (July 10, 2008)
- Luise Hirsch, "Hitlers Kinder," in: Literaturkritik (July 30, 2008)

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