We have a wonderful class for you: a lesson on the German Democratic Republic taught by Comrade Angelo. Learn of the birth, anniversary, and history of this important place through this lesson conducted 71 years after its inception. Please enjoy!
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No Literature Used In This Class
Recommended Literature on the GDR:
From My Life by Erich Honecker
https://archive.org/details/NeoColoni...
The Neo-Colonialism of the West German Federal Republic: A Documentation
https://archive.org/details/NeoColoni...
We Shall Continue On Our Good Road Of Peace and Socialism: New Year's Message by Walter Ulbricht
https://archive.org/details/weshallco...
The German Democratic Republic Acts In The Interests Of The German Nation
https://archive.org/details/germandem...
Stasi State or Socialist Paradise? by Bruni de la Motte & John Green (2015)
https://ia800109.us.archive.org/4/ite...
PSMLS Website:
http://peoplesschool.org/contact/
Party of Communists USA Website:
https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/
Timecode Key:
(Q&A) = Question & Answer/Resposne
0:00 Introduction
0:56 GDR National Anthem
3:40 Anthem Analysis
4:30 History of GDR Formation
5:33 Allies introduce a new currency
7:20 Formation of GDR
8:00 The anti-fascist wall
8:25 Consequences of the wall falling
8:53 East Germany post-wall? (Q&A)
11:09 Conditions of Berlin?
12:09 U.S.S.R. & socialist "satellites"
13:44 Allies & the Nazis
14:17 Economic reasons for the Berlin Wall
15:23 GDR "brain drain"? (Q&A)
16:56 U.S.A. comparisons
17:45 The Marshall Plan
20:36 Neo-nazis in the West German Government
21:33 Anti-Fascism in the GDR
21:58 Fraternal Help
24:50 Meir Vilner
25:21 Operation Paperclip
25:41 Pay & western investment? (Q&A)
27:45 Marshall Plan & European education? (Q&A)
28:50 Marshall Plan vs. the communist movement
30:33 NATO and the Warsaw Pact
33:48 Suicide in East Germany
34:32 U.S.S.R. & reparations? (Q&A)
35:07 Cost of Medical care? (Q&A)
36:03 Von Braun forming NASA
36:24 Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker? (Q&A)
37:15 Emigration in Germany
38:01 U.S.S.R. & formation of the GDR? (Q&A)
38:59 Women’s liberation in the GDR
39:47 The Fatherland Front
40:04 The GDR a "puppet state"?
40:36 U.S.A. & nazi assimilation
41:15 Operation Osoaviakhim
42:09 The Marshall Plan & neoliberalism? (Q&A)
