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Author Demshuk, Andrew, 1980- author.

Title Demolition on Karl Marx Square : cultural barbarism and the people's state in 1968 / Andrew Demshuk
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

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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, 1968-1989 -- Epilogue: The Impossible Memory Site -- Glossary of Leading Figures
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Pauliner-Universitätskirche zu Leipzig -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT Pauliner-Universitätskirche zu Leipzig fast
Subject Protest movements -- Germany -- Leipzig -- History -- 20th century
Protest movements -- Germany (East) -- History
Wrecking -- Political aspects -- Germany -- Leipzig -- History -- 20th century
Architecture and state -- Germany -- Leipzig -- History
Political culture -- Germany (East) -- History
Communism -- Social aspects -- Germany (East) -- History
College buildings -- Germany -- Leipzig -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
Architecture and state
College buildings
Communism -- Social aspects
Political culture
Politics and government
Protest movements
Wrecking -- Political aspects
SUBJECT Leipzig (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Germany (East) -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90002752
Subject Germany (East)
Germany -- Leipzig
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190645151
0190645156
9780190645137
019064513X