Sources

  1. A Family Flees from East to West over the Border in the Bavarian Forest (1948-49)

  2. A Family Returns from the Federal Republic to the GDR (1950s)

  3. Political Persecution of the Former Concentration Camp Inmate and Communist Ernst Busse (1950s)

  4. Politburo Decision on the Work of the Ministry for State Security (March 18, 1952)

  5. Inner-German Border near Heldra (Hesse) (1952)

  6. Family Members Are Greeted after a Successful Escape to the West (c. 1952)

  7. Monitoring Telephone Traffic with the Federal Republic (November 14, 1952)

  8. The Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED on the Junge Gemeinde [Young Congregation] (January 27, 1953)

  9. Directive on Republikflucht (March 18, 1953)

  10. Refugees are Transported to West Germany from Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport (1953)

  11. Clips from the Show Trial against Ernst Jennrich (August 25, 1953)

  12. The Politburo of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany: Further Measures in the Fight against Republikflucht (December 15, 1953)

  13. The Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany: Report by the Commission on Questions Concerning Republikflucht (June 25, 1956)

  14. “The Party’s Condolences”: Spiegel Cover (November 14, 1956)

  15. Willy Brandt on the Refugees from the GDR Arriving in West Berlin (September 4, 1958)

  16. Republikflucht by Young People, Young Returnees, and New Arrivals in the Period from January to September 1960 (November 10, 1960)

  17. Finding Substitutes for West German Imports: Report from a Central Committee Brigade (March 16, 1961)

  18. The Causes of Emigration: Report from a Central Committee Brigade on Security Issues (May 24, 1961)

  19. The Age Distribution of Refugees from the Soviet Occupation Zone and the GDR (1949–1962)

  20. Refugee Movement (1950–1963)

  21. Occupational Breakdown of Refugee Movement in Percentages (1952–1961)

  22. Refugees from the Soviet Occupation Zone/GDR in the Federal States of West Germany (1950 and 1961)

  23. Four Former Political Prisoners Share Their Stories (Retrospective Account, 2020)