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Stalin Cult in East Germany and the Making of the Postwar Soviet - Empire, 1945196

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This study examines the Stalin cult in East Germany as both a representative and a unique case study of Sovietization in Eastern Europe. The author investigates the emergence and functioning of the postwar Soviet empire from the end of World War II to the building of the Berlin Wall.

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List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1
The Premodern and Modern Foundations of Personality Cults
Chapter 2
The Empire of Stalinism: The USSR and East Germany after 1945
Chapter 3
From the "Red Tyrant" to the "Liberator": The Image of Stalin in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany
Chapter 4
"The Best Friend of the German People": The Making of the Cult Community in the GDR
Chapter 5
"The Fierce Enemy of the German People": The Personality Cult and Iconoclasm in East Germany
Chapter 6
"We Wanted to Make a God but He Turned Out to be the Devil": The Politics and Practices of De-Stalinization in the GDR
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author


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Alexey Tikhomirov is assistant professor of East European history at Bielefeld University.


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This study examines the Stalin cult in East Germany as both a representative and a unique case study of Sovietization in Eastern Europe. The author investigates the emergence and functioning of the postwar Soviet empire from the end of World War II to the building of the Berlin Wall.

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