Download or read book The Making of the GDR, 1945-53 written by Gareth Pritchard and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stalinisation of East Germany from 1945 to 1953 is analysed in this text, which is based on research in East German archives. It also tells the story of how the aspirations of antifascists and socialists were ultimately betrayed by Stalin.