The National People's Army, and especially the border guards, were a crucial pillar of the SED regime. Desertion was therefore imbued with political significance and severely punished. How did the justice system construct this offense? What prosecution practices resulted from this? What role did certain segments of the public play? Konstantin Neumann has statistically analyzed the cases of 1,111 convicted deserters. Using a sample of 97 individuals, he evaluates investigative and surveillance files, official records, legal commentaries, memoirs, and other sources, thus delivering a new research contribution to the GDR justice system in an empirically rich case study.
Author
Neumann, Konstantin
Title
Fahnenfluchten in der DDR
Details
464 pages.
State
new
Subtitle
Die Strafverfolgung desertierter NVA-Soldaten 1963–1989
Links Verlag Prinzenstr. 85D 10969 Berlin Deutschland
