The Last Revolutionaries: German Communists and Their Century

ISBN-13: 9780674010451 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 352 str.

Catherine Epstein;Epstein

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The Last Revolutionaries tells a story of unwavering political devotion: it follows the lives of German communists across the tumultuous 20th century. Before 1945, German communists were political outcasts in the Weimar Republic and courageous resisters in Nazi Germany; they also suffered Stalin's Great Purges and struggled through emigration in countries hostile to communism. After World War II, they became leaders of East Germany, where they ran a dictatorial regime until they were swept out of power by the people's revolution of 1989.