HIS339H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Berlin Wall, Israeli Jews, Liberal Democratic Party Of Germany
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East germany: seminal moment with berlin airlift - russian defeat in conquering berlin, stalin and advisors didn"t really know what they would do with the eastern zone. Ideology that runs through post war state and form or propaganda. Soviet occupation political parties: extermination of fascism and fostering of democracy - sounds like democracy but wont be. This notion of a nation for people not elite runs through communist theory, but becomes different in practice. Communist party too would have this ideal: social democratic party existed initially in east germany, surprised: soviet openness to parties and communist part proclamation stressed the situation was not suited to introduce soviet style in germany. Don"t go back to the jews after the fall of nazism. Tiny fraction go back to claim their home. mostly go to government or trust made by the government. Eventually, families would be able to get back their property their ancestors lived in. appealing for young jews.
