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As the first historical study of East Germany's sepulchral culture,
this book explores the complex cultural responses to death since
the Second World War. Topics include the interrelated areas of the
organization and municipalization of the undertaking industry; the
steps taken towards a socialist cemetery culture such as issues of
design, spatial layout, and commemorative practices; the
propagation of cremation as a means of disposal; the wide-spread
introduction of anonymous communal areas for the internment of
urns; and the emergence of socialist and secular funeral rituals.
The author analyses the manifold changes to the system of the
disposal of the dead in East Germany-a society that not only had to
negotiate the upheaval of military defeat but also urbanization,
secularization, a communist regime, and a planned economy.
Stressing a comparative approach, the book reveals surprising
similarities to the development of Western countries but also
highlights the intricate local variations within the GDR and sheds
more light on the East German state and its society.
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