Youth Politics in East Germany: The Free German Youth Movement 1946-1968 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199276271)

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.

Author: Alan McDougall
ISBN-10: 0199276277
ISBN-13: 9780199276271
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 02/17/2005
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d