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Boyer, Dominic. “Censorship as a Vocation: The Institutions, Practices, and Cultural Logic of Media Control in the German Democratic Republic.” Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol. 45, no. 3, 2003, pp. 511–545. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3879460. This source outlines overall censorship techniques used by communist governments. The source examines which techniques were used by the GDR to sensor media and film. It also focuses specifically on censorship in the immediate post war period.

Brockman, Stephan. "The Struggle Over Audiences In Post War East German Film." Film and History 45.1 (2015): n. pg. Academic Search Complete [EBSCO]. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. This source focuses specifically on audience viewership of movies in East Germany. Brockman outlines the struggle that the East German government faced to get people to see state approved films. In many cases, these films were used as propaganda and the state censored other non-government approved films.

Ehrig, Stephan. "Rereading East Germany: The Literature and Film of the GDR." Modern Language Review 111.4 (2016): n. pag. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. This source re-examines the roll that film and literature played in the German Democratic Republic. Ehrig notes that film and literature in many cases was not considered a factor in the fall of the communist government in East Germany. This source also examined the roll that film and literature played in everyday East German life.

Galchen, Rikva. "Wild West Germany." Academic Search Complete [EBSCO]. University of Washington, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. This source examines the fascination that most East Germans had with American cowboys and American Western Films. Galchen goes on to note that this interest lead to further interest in US films, which the government tried to censor. I am planning to use this source when talking about specific film that the GDR government tried to censor.

Gerhardt, Christina. "Looking East: Christian Petzold's Barbara (2012)." Quarterly Review of Film and Video 33.6 (2016): n. pag. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. This source was published in a review journal and features a film review of Barbara. The reason I am including this source in my bibliography is that the review mentions references in the film to East German censorship under Communist rule. The source will provide references to Communist censorship in popular culture.

Horten, Gerd. "The Impact of Hollywood Film Imports in East Germany and the Cultural Surrender of the GDR Film Control in the 1970s and 1980s." German History 34.1 (2016): n. pag. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. This source covers the German government’s relaxation in control when it came film censorship towards the end of the 1970’s and 1980’s. I am planning to use this source for a section in my article about softening of censorship towards the end of the communist rule. I am also planning to use this source to examine whether or not relaxing censorship rules had any effect on the reunification of East and West Germany.

Jolley, Rachael. "After the Fall." Index on Censorship 43.2 (2014): n. pag. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. This source examines censorship after the reunification of East and West Germany. Jolley touches on certain censors that were put in place after the reunification in order to ensure cohesion. This source will be used for a section of the Wikipedia article about censorship in East Germany after Reunification.

Keil, Andre. "The Preußenrenaissance Revisited: German-German Entanglements, the Media and the Politics of History in the Late German Democratic Republic." German History 34.2 (2016): n. pag. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. This source focuses specifically on the relationship between the East German government’s relationship with the media and film industry towards the last years of Communist rule. This source will be used for a section of the article that highlights censorship in the GDR towards the end of communist rule. This section will cover the relaxation of communist censorship of the media and film industries.

Koststskaya, Anastasia. "East Or West, Rodina is Best: Shaping a Socialist 'Heimat' In German and Soviet Film Of the Occupation Period." German Life & Letters 69.4 (2016): n. pag. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. This source focuses specifically on film and media censorship during the early days of the German Democratic Republic. During this time, East Germany was still occupied by Soviet forces. This source will be used for a section of the article regarding media and film censorship in the early days of the GDR.

Millington, Richard. "The Limits of Control: The Public Discourse About the June 17th 1953 Uprisings in Novels and Films in the German Democratic Republic." German History 31.1 (2013): 42-60. EBSCOhost. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. In this article, Millington discusses the dialoged surrounding the 1953 uprisings against the communist party in East Germany. This source is included because it illustrates the GDR’s ability to censor and suppress uprisings through media and film. There will be a section in the article about government response to uprising and subsequent suppression the uprisings and the role that film censorship played in that suppression. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaclyn.nowak747 (talk • contribs) 06:32, 27 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

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