The East German Perspective on the Rise of Hitler

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The division of Germany occured after the Second World War was over. Germany was divided by the Soviets, the British, the Americans and the French. The Soviet occupation zone would become the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The East German state was communist oriented. How did GDR historians explain the rise of Hitler and his party? This video is about the East German perspective on the rise of the Third Reich.

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