Death in East Germany 1945-1990

<ul> <li> Explores cultural responses to death in East Germany since the Second World War</li> <li> Examines the organization and municipalization of the undertaking industry and the steps taken toward a socialist cemetary culture</li> <li> Offers an analysis of the changes to the system of disposal of the dead in East Germany</li> <li> Uses a comparative approach to reveal similarities between the development of Western countries and the GDR while highlighing intricate local variations within the East German state</li></ul>