Demolition on Karl Marx Square : cultural barbarism and the people's state in 1968 / Andrew Demshuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Demshuk, Andrew, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pauliner-Universitätskirche zu Leipzig--History--20th century.

Pauliner-Universitätskirche zu Leipzig.

Protest movements--Germany--Leipzig--History--20th century.

Protest movements.

Protest movements--Germany (East)--History.

College buildings--Germany--Leipzig--History--20th century.

College buildings.

Wrecking--Political aspects--Germany--Leipzig--History--20th century.

Wrecking.

Architecture and state--Germany (East)--Leipzig--History.

Architecture and state.

Political culture--Germany (East)--History.

Political culture.

Communism--Social aspects--Germany (East)--History.

Communism.

Communism--Social aspects.

Politics and government.

Wrecking--Political aspects.

History.

Leipzig (Germany)--Politics and government--20th century.

Leipzig (Germany).

Germany (East)--Politics and government.

Germany (East).

Germany--Leipzig.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Summary:

"The 1968 demolition of Leipzig's medieval University Church represents an essential turning point in relations between Communist authorities and the people they claimed to serve. The largest East German protest between the 1953 Uprising and 1989 Revolution, this intimate story clarifies how the dictatorial system operated and lost public belief"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A brief chronology: Augustus Square-Karl Marx Square

Missed chances, 1949-1959

Outrage at the exhibition of 1960

Demolitions and dread, 1961-1964

The buildup to detonation in 1968

Total disconnect, 1968-1988

Epilogue: The unmasterable memory site

Glossary of leading figures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and index.

ISBN:

9780190645120

0190645121

OCLC:

967337377