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Profiles in Collaboration: The Stasi, East German Cdu Officials, and Religious Policy

Profiles in Collaboration: The Stasi, East German Cdu Officials, and Religious Policy

Goeckel, Robert F.

Hardcover

Religion General German HistorySocial Movements

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 15, 2026

ISBN10: 1501790056
ISBN13: 9781501790058
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: Nov 15 2026
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Profiles in Collaboration exposes the collaboration of five leading officials in the East German CDU with the Stasi, the secret police of the Communist regime in the GDR. One of the bloc parties licensed by the Soviets after WWII, the CDU-East was soon subordinated by the Communist Party (SED) and tasked with mollifying opposition and mobilizing support for the Marxist-Leninist regime among Christians and churches. Yet given its interactions with the churches and contacts with political figures in West Germany, the CDU represented a potential risk for the regime. Thus the CDU-East introduced an additional layer to the bureaucratic system not found in other Soviet bloc systems and an element of complexity to East German religious policy.

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