... the GDR. Its major value lies in giving new perspectives on anti-foreignism in Germany, a situation which was often unexamined and overlooked, and reflect of not yet evaluated primary source material. This is supported by the biography of both authors: the first author, Eva-Maria Elsner, was an university lecturer for political economics at Rostock and lived in the former GDR ... diverse view on the history of those years. The main limitation of this publication is that the documents concerning xenophobic aspects in the GDR do not include a lot of source material from the Secret Police ...

• Word Count: 1950
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate