Sources

  1. Proclamation by the Central Committee of the German Communist Party (June 11, 1945)

  2. Appeal by the Preparatory Trade Union Committee for Greater Berlin (June 15, 1945)

  3. Proclamation by the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD) (July 5, 1945)

  4. Anton Ackermann, the “German Path to Socialism” (February 1946)

  5. The Merger of the Eastern SPD and the KPD: “Unity” (1946)

  6. Principles and Aims of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (April 21, 1946)

  7. The Founding of the SED (April 21, 1946)

  8. Election Poster for the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED): “Your Vote for the Socialist Unity Party for Reconstruction, Peace, Work, and Bread!” (1946)

  9. Program of the Democratic Farmers’ Party of Germany (1949)

  10. From the Resolution of the First Party Conference of the SED (January 28, 1949)

  11. SED’s Third Party Congress at Werner Seelenbinder Hall in East Berlin (July 20-24, 1950)

  12. Crowd at a Polling Station in Gransee/Brandenburg on the Day of the Regional and Parliamentary Elections (October 17, 1954)

  13. “Why Is There No Opposition in the GDR?” (May 17, 1957)