Die Täter sind unter uns: Über das Schönreden der SED-Diktatur (English: "The perpetrators are among us: On the euphemisation of the SED dictatorship")[1] is a widely acclaimed non-fiction book by historian Hubertus Knabe, published in German by Propyläen in 2007. It deals with the legacy of the totalitarian communist dictatorship in East Germany, the lack of accountability for many communist perpetrators of crimes against humanity, and the whitewashing of the communist regime's history by the successor of the communist party ("The Left"). Knabe shows how human rights and international law were systematically violated by the communist regime, and attacks so-called Ostalgie, that is, tendencies to romanticize life in the communist dictatorship.
| Author | Hubertus Knabe |
|---|---|
| Language | de |
| Publisher | Propyläen |
Publication date | 23 March 2007 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 384 |
| ISBN | 978-3-549-07302-5 |
| OCLC | 494271443 |
| LC Class | 2007425546 |
Further reading
edit- Geipel, Ines (1 April 2007). "Wie die PDS den Ostdeutschen Milliarden klaute" [How the PDS stole billions from the East Germans]. KULTUR >> LITERATUR. Die Welt (in German). ISSN 0173-8437. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
Hubertus Knabe, streitbarer Leiter der Stasi-Gedenkstätte, analysiert in "Die Täter sind unter uns" sachlich den Betrug der PDS. Er weist den Genossen finanzielles Raubrittertum nach. Und prangert den unwürdigen Umgang mit den Opfern an.
- "Die Täter sind unter uns: "Gigantische Amnestie": Hubertus Knabe warnt vor der Verklärung der SED-Diktatur" [The perpetrators are among us: "Gigantic amnesty": Hubertus Knabe warns of the transfiguration of the SED dictatorship]. Literatur. Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 11 June 2007. ISSN 1865-2263. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- Decker, Kersten (8 April 2008). "Der blaue Blick der Gerechten: In der DDR wie auch jetzt maßen sich manche eine höhere Warte an". Die Tageszeitung (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
References
edit- ^ Knave, Hubertus (2007). Die Täter sind unter uns: Über das Schönreden der SED-Diktatur [The perpetrators are among us: On the euphemisation of the SED dictatorship] (in German). Propyläen. ISBN 978-3-549-07302-5. LCCN 2007425546. OCLC 494271443. OL 16316014M.
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