East Germany: The Antifascist republic?

Week 18, February 24

Seat of the Central Committee

Walter Ulbricht, 1893-1973

Erich Honnecker, 1912-1994

with Angela Davis, 1972

Erich Mielke, head of the secret police

1960, at a hunt with Khrushchev

June 17, 1953: the only revolt in the GDR

August 13, 1961: Berlin Wall

The Wall in the 80s (Kreuzberg)

The Wall being built, Bernauer/Wolliner Str.

Woman tractor driver

Rebuilding the cities: Stalinallee

Leisure time in the Stalinallee

Stalinstadt (Eisenhüttenstadt), 1960

Trace of stones (Spur der Steine, 1966)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1RLoX2WuOI

Buchenwald, the bell tower

Writers, dramatists, filmmakers

• Stephan Hermlin• Christa Wolf• Brigitte Reimann• Stefan Heym• Heiner Müller• Konrad Wolf• Frank Beyer