Censorship in East Germany

As with many Soviet-allied countries prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the government of the former German Democratic Republic (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik) applied censorship during its existence from 1949 to 1990.^[1]^[2] The censorship was practised through a hierarchical but unofficial censorship apparatus, ultimately controlled by the ruling party (SED).^[3]^[2]^[4] Through censorship, the socialist point of view on society was ensured in all forms of literature, arts, culture and public communication.^[2] Due to the lack of an official censorship apparatus, censorship was applied locally in a highly structured and institutionalized manner under the control of the SED.^[5]

^ Bradley, Laura (2006). "GDR Theatre Censorship: A System in Denial". German Life and Letters. 59:1: 151–162. doi:10.1111/j.0016-8777.2006.00340.x.
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^ Darnton, Robert (Winter 1995). "Censorship, a Comparative View: France, 1789-East Germany, 1989" (PDF). Representations (49): 40–60. doi:10.2307/2928748. JSTOR 2928748 – via JSTOR.
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[:3-1] Bradley, Laura (2006). "GDR Theatre Censorship: A System in Denial". German Life and Letters. 59:1: 151–162. doi:10.1111/j.0016-8777.2006.00340.x.

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[:1-3] Darnton, Robert (Winter 1995). "Censorship, a Comparative View: France, 1789-East Germany, 1989" (PDF). Representations (49): 40–60. doi:10.2307/2928748. JSTOR 2928748 – via JSTOR.

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