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Centre for East German Studies

GDR Archive

The curator of this archive is
Dr Peter Barker. Anyone wishing to consult the archive should contact him in the first instance to arrange an appointment.

The archive itself is organised into FOUR main categories, each of which has its own page and which can be accessed by clicking on the apprpriate link:

1. Journals and Newspapers.
2.
Pamphlets
3.
Books
4.
Dossiers on Politics and Society, Literature and Culture,Economics


Each major heading is then broken down into separate journals etc. or topics/personalities.


4. DOSSIERS

4D1 Political Developments

4D1/1 Politicians in the GDR

4D1/1/a

Erich Honecker
30.05.94 FAZ Der Mann, der die Mauer baute
30.05.94 FR Mann des Apparats, der den Staat mit sich riß
30.05.94 The Independent Obituary
3.06.94 Die Zeit Nachruf
6.06.94 Der Spiegel Galionsfigur der Unbelehrbaren

4D1/1/b

Egon Krenz
23.12.94 SZ "Ich habe die DDR vor dem Bürgerkrieg bewahrt".

4D1/1/c

Paul Merker
7.10.94 Die Zeit Der Geheimprozeß

Erich Mielke
27.Hay 2000 The Guardian "Erich Mielke -Obituary"
15.1.1998 "Schalke, Mielke, König Hettel"
19.12.1997 Die Zeit "Lebenslang im Klassenkampf"

4D1/1/d

Stefan Heim,
21 Oktober 1994 Die Zeit "Störrisch war er immer"

Wolfgang Vogel
13.August 1993 Die Zeit "Der große Menschenhandel"
6.August 1993 Die Zeit Wie alles anfing"
30. Juli 1993 Die Zeit dossier "Des Teufels Advocat"

Hans Modrow,
4. Juni 1993 Die Zeit "Gejagt von der Unschuld"

19. Juni 1992
Das Politburo heute Die Zeit dossier "Lebenslänglich Bundesbürger"
4D1/2 The Peace Movement in the GDR

4D1/2/1
Press cuttings on the Peace Movement. INTER NATIONES, 1982

4D1/2/2
GDR
Unofficial Peace Declarations, 1982-86

4D1/2/3
Die "Friedensbewegung" in der DDR. BSc. Dissertation by Jenny C. Paxter. University of Surrey 1985

4D1/2/4
GDR Peace News. Newsletter of the GDR Working Group of END, 1-9, 1985-89

4D1/2/5
GDR Peace Movement - General (Press cuttings)

4D1/2/6
Stimmen aus der DDR - x2 plus 2 partial copies Voices from the GDR.(Eng.) END, London 1987

4D1/2/7
Rosa Luxemburg Demonstration, January 1988. Press cuttings

4D1/2/8
GDR
Documents relating to the Peace Movement 1

4D1/2/9
GDR
Documents relating to the Peace Movement 2

4D1/2/10
GDR
Documents relating to the Peace Movement 3

4D1/2/11
GDR Peace groups and European appeals

4D1/3 Environmental Problems

4D1/3/1
East Germany - environmental problems and the environmental debate. Jacquie Hope. May 1986.

4D1/4 The Church in the DDR

4D1/4/1
The GDR Church (1991-)

4D1/5 /1
Articles about the SED


4D2 GDR Literature and Culture

4D2/1 GDR Art. Various Articles

4D2/2/1
GDR Theatre Programmes

4D2/2/2
GDR Theatre Programmes

4D2/2/3
GDR Theatre Programmes

4D2/2/4
GDR Theatre Programmes

4D2/3
Writers and other artists in the GDR

4D3 The Fall of the Wall -

4D3/1

Articles from the Guardian, Independent, Observer, Sunday Times from Oct. Nov. Dec. 1989

4D3/2

Germany 3 Oct. 1990 - Oct. 1991

4D3/3

Articles about "die Wende" written in 1994 from "Die Zeit"

4D3/4

Articles about life after "die Wende" in eastern Germany

4D3/5

Wahlergebnisse 1990 und 1994

4D3/6

4D3/6/a Articles about life in the GDR from GDR press

4D3/6/b Articles about life in the GDR from the Western press written at the time or later


Also there are many box files containing newspaper articles from and about the GDR on subjects including Architektur, Berlin, Frauen, Jugend , Kultur, Ost-West Beziehunugen,Politik, politische Parteien, Sport, Verwaltung,Wirtschaft,.These were collected and kindly donated by Professor Childs of Nottingham University on his retirement.

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