"This is not a Politburo, but a madhouse," The post World War II Sovietization of East Germany up to the 1953 worker's uprising.
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The East German leadership, 1946-1973 : conflict and crisis
Chapter One The Stalinization of the SED, 1946-1953: the defeat of Ackermann and the "special German way to socialism" the defeat of the former social democrats the purge of Merker and Dahlem. Chapter Two The Zaisser-Hernstadt opposition, 1950-53: conflict, 1950 - May 1953 opposition, June-July 1953 the aftermath. Chapter Three The anti-Ulbricht opposition, 1956-58: Merker or Dahlem - a "German Gomulka" in waiting? the Schrdewan-Oelssner opposition in the politburo the opposition in the central committee. Chapter Four The fall of Ulbricht: Ulbricht and economic reform Ulbricht, foreign policy and the German question the end of the Ulbricht era, 1970-73.
The Changing Party Elite in East Germany
This is the first in-depth analysis of social and political changes within the party structure of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) during the period 1954-1968 which have been largely misunderstood in the West. The book focuses on and provides detailed information about the Socialist Unity Party (SED), the dominant Communist organization in East Germany.Ludz investigates the party's organization, the development of the social structure of its Central Committee, and party ideology. The text is documented by extensive tabulated material--59 detailed tables in all--containing data concerning shifts and longevity tendencies of Central Committee personnel and on other high-ranking party functionaries.