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:

  1. Document Collection, "Uprising in East Germany, 1953," ed. by. Malcolm Byrne (National Security Archive, 2001)
  2. Reactions to the building of the Berlin Wall, 1961
  3. Reactions to the Soviet invasion into Czechoslovakia, 1968
  4. Reactions to the expulsion of Wolf Biermann, 1976
  5. Eyewitness reports on youthful opposition in East Germany
  6. Transcripts of East German propaganda film "Pilots in Pajamas" (1967)
  7. "Report by East German Defense Minister Heinz Hoffmann on the Invasion of Czechoslovakia," August 30, 1968 (PHP Archives, ETH Zurich)
  8. "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)
  9. "Weltfestspiele 1973," Comprehensive Website incl. eye-witness videos, chronologies, etc. on the World Youth Festical 1973 in East-Berlin (BpB, 2003)

 

Images:

  1. Photos and Facsimiles on '1968' in East Germany

 

Videos Online:

  1. Audio/Video on the Reactions to the Soviet Invason into Czechoslovakia

 

Related Websites:

  1. "Jugendopposition in der DDR," Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft /BPP
  2. BPP Focus, "Geschichte der DDR"
  3. Manuscripts, "Der Schwarze Kanal, 1960-1989," Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, Frankfurt/Babelsberg
  4. "East German Propaganda," German Propaganda Archive, Calvin College
  5. The GDR in the Warsaw Pact, 1945-1989: Documents Highlighting East Germany's International Relations (PHP Archives, ETH Zurich)


Related Articles:

  1. Claus Christian Malzahn, "1968: Kain und Abel in West-Berlin," Spiegel Online, September 17, 2005
  2. Christian Semler, "1968 in Westen - was ging uns die DDR an?," Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, BPP, B 45/2003
  3. Ulrich Mählert, Geschichte der DDR (Landeszentrale fuer Politische Bildung, Thueringen, 3rd. ed., 2005)
  4. Anette Kaminsky, Illustrierte Konsumgeschichte der DDR (Landeszentrale fuer Politische Bildung, Thueringen, 1999)
  5. Lutz Kirchenwitz, "Folk Music and Singer-Songwriters in East Germany," in: Goethe-Institute, Dossier 1968
  6. Kaspar Maase, "Youth Cultures of the 1960s in East and West," in: Goethe-Institute, Dossier 1968
  7. Interview mit Christa Wolf, "Nehmt Euch in Acht," in: Frankfurter Rundschau (July 10, 2008)
  8. Luise Hirsch, "Hitlers Kinder," in: Literaturkritik (July 30, 2008)