Browsing Theses by Subject "GDR"
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Compulsory Fun: Creating Legitimacy through Anniversary Commemorations in the GDR
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-04)From the state’s founding in 1949, East Germany’s ruling SED engaged in an exhaustive campaign to remove doubts about the country’s legitimacy as an independent state, doubts that not only existed abroad, but also at home ... -
Unrechtsstaat or “Normal” State? Authenticity and the Portrayal of the German Democratic Republic on Film
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-21)This thesis investigates how the display of authenticity in Wolfgang Becker’s 2003 film Good Bye, Lenin! and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s 2006 film Das Leben der Anderen provides a common basis for accepting both ...