Bending Spines: The Propagandas of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic

While Nazi propaganda is the mark of vivid evil, says Bytwerk (communication, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan), that of East Germany leaves images of gray old men in colorless cities. He says both regimes used propaganda to attempt to build new societies in which people were to share almost unanimously a common worldview of religious proportions with little room for opposing versions of truth. He explains how. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR