Sources

  1. Propaganda Photo: Land Reform in the Soviet Occupation Zone (September 1945)

  2. May Day Rally in Berlin’s Lustgarten (May 1, 1946)

  3. “Activist” Adolf Hennecke (1948)

  4. The Barn and Storehouse of the Hesserode Estate are Torn Down (May 1948)

  5. Propaganda Poster: “Farms for ‘New Farmers’ from Materials from Demolished Barracks and Manor Houses” (May 1948)

  6. Excerpt from the Currency Reform Resolution Passed by the Central Committee of the SED (June 22, 1948)

  7. Excerpt from an Explanation of the Two-Year Plan for 1949/50 (June 30, 1948)

  8. ”Nationally-Owned Enterprises – The Backbone of the Economic Plan”: Representatives of Nationally-Owned Enterprises Meet in Leipzig to Prepare for the Two-Year Plan for 1949/50 (July 4, 1948)

  9. Housing Reconstruction Program in East Berlin (1948)

  10. The GDR Passes a Law Establishing the Ministry for State Security [Stasi] (February 8, 1950)

  11. Farmer’s Family from Bruchstedt (Sondershausen District) (July 1950)

  12. The Five-Year Plan for 1951–1955 (1950)

  13. May Day Demonstrations (1950)

  14. Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost [Steelworks Combine East] (October 1951)

  15. Stalin’s Death: Sea of Flowers on Stalinallee in East Berlin (March 9, 1953)

  16. “That Was When I Knew: I Had to Become a Refugee” (March 19, 1953)

  17. From the Resolution of the 13th Meeting of the Central Committee of the SED (May 14, 1953)

  18. From a Communiqué by the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED (June 9, 1953)

  19. Communiqué on the Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic (June 11, 1953)

  20. From a Statement by the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED (June 16, 1953)

  21. From a Tribüne Article on Work Quota Increases (June 16, 1953)

  22. June 17, 1953 (map)

  23. Fleeing to the British Sector under Fire from the Barracked People’s Police (June 17, 1953)

  24. View from the West: Soviet Tanks in East Berlin (June 17, 1953)

  25. Stones vs. Tanks: Workers’ Uprising (June 17, 1953)

  26. Statement by the Government of the GDR (June 17, 1953)

  27. “The Failed Adventures of Foreign Agents in Berlin” (June 18, 1953)

  28. “The Crimes of West Berlin Provocateurs” (June 18, 1953)

  29. Victims of the June 17th Uprising are Remembered at a Memorial Service in front of Schöneberg City Hall in West Berlin (June 23, 1953)

  30. Secret Report of the Soviet Military Leadership on the Events of June 17-19, 1953 (June 24, 1953)

  31. Marion Gräfin Dönhoff, “Stones against Red Tanks” (June 25, 1953)

  32. The “New Course” Fills Shelves (July 25, 1953)

  33. From a Resolution Passed by the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party: The “New Course” and the Party’s Objectives (July 26, 1953)

  34. Grocery Display in a Factory-to-Consumer Store in East Berlin (October 4, 1953)

  35. Socialist Competition: Output in a Briquette Factory (1954)

  36. National Commemoration of “Day of Liberation” (May 8, 1955)

  37. Interview with East Berliners about the Currency Reform in the GDR (October 20, 1957)

  38. Ironworks Combine at Eisenhüttenstadt (November 1959)

  39. A farmer from West Germany Works at an Agricultural Production Cooperative (March 30, 1960)

  40. Plan Implementation at VEB Schlepperwerk Nordhausen (March 5, 1960)

  41. Forced Collectivization of Agriculture in the GDR (1960)

  42. Interviews with GDR Citizens on the Building of the Wall (August 13, 1961)