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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.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Pauliner-Universita˜tskirche zu Leipzig--History--20th century.
Pauliner-Universita˜tskirche zu Leipzig.
Protest movements--Leipzig--Leipzig--History--20th century.
Protest movements--Germany (East)--History.
College buildings--Leipzig--Leipzig--History--20th century.
Wrecking--History--Leipzig--Leipzig--History--20th century.
Architecture and state--Leipzig--Leipzig--History.
Political culture--Germany (East)--History.
Communism--History.--Germany (East)--History.
Leipzig (Germany)--Politics and government--20th century.
Germany (East)--Politics and government.
Architecture and state.
College buildings.
Communism--Social aspects.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Protest movements.
Wrecking--Political aspects.
Germany (East)
Germany--Leipzig.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

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

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.

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.

ISBN:

0190645121
9780190645120

OCLC:

(OCoLC)967337377

LCCN:

2016051639

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)