Youth Politics in East Germany The Free German Youth Movement 1946-1968 [Hardcover]

In East Germany during the 1950s and 1960s young people were a constant problem for the communist authorities - and in particular for the communist youth organization, the Free German Youth (FDJ). This book provides the first in-depth study of the often troubled relationship between the FDJ and East German youth during this important period. It studies the response of the young to political crises such as the June 1953 uprising and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, while at the same time examining wider socio-cultural trends, most notably the impact of Western popular culture inside East Germany.

Introduction
1. The FDJ and the June 1953 Uprising
2. The FDJ and the Crises in the Soviet Bloc in 1956
3. The FDJ and the Building of the Berlin Wall
4. The FDJ and the Liberal Interlude in Youth Policy 1963-1965
5. The FDJ and the Prague Spring
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

[S]hould be read by all scholars in East Germany (GDR) and included in library collections. --History