2x2=8: The Story of a Group of Young Men in the Soviet Zone of [East] Germany ~Political crimes/dissidents in 1956-1957 ~Rainer Hildebrandt

Title: 2x2=8: The Story of a Group of Young Men in the Soviet Zone of Germany

Author: [Rainer Hildebrandt]

Description: First English edition. Staple-stitched in card wrapper. Lightly rubbed at spine ends. Pages a little toned. Interior is clean and unmarked. 64, [4] pages. Uncommon.

A Cold War-era account of dissidents in East Germany, mostly young men under the age of 28, mostly students, who were organizing in the period immediately following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, by which they had been inspired. It describes the people that formed the opposition group, their ideas, why they resisted suppression and how danger influenced their behavior. Many of the students were at the University of Jena. ''2x2=8'' was a code for the anticipated time for de-Stalinization. Includes a list of the twenty-four persons who were condemned, during a series of trials in September and October 1958, to a total of 112 years of penal servitude.

Binding: Staple bound soft cover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: The Federal Ministry for All-German Affairs
Place: Bonn/Berlin
Year: 1961

Keywords: East Germany, history, students, dissidents, revolt, anti-communist, crimes, Free German Youth, Freie Deutsche Jugend, Jena University, DDR,