Udo Grashoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 4469246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Udo Grashoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Udo |
| FAMILY NAME | Grashoff |
| SIGNATURE | GRASHOFF U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leipzig University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8906-7639 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Aufarbeitung oder Spitzelparanoia: Zum Umgang mit Vorwürfen der Gestapo-Kollaboration in den SED-Parteisäuberungen nach 1948
Zu Beginn des Kalten Kriegs führte die Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (SED) massive Parteisäuberungen durch, bei denen irrationale Ängste eine Rolle spielten. Udo Grashoff zeigt, dass solche Ängste bei Vorwürfen der Kollaboration mit der Gestapo eine untergeordnete Rolle spielten und dass die SED zumeist aufgrund von nachprüfbaren Belegen über die weitere Parteimitgliedschaft entschied. Dabei nimmt er sowohl Vorwürfe des Verrats in Ge…
Aufsätze /Articles. Jugendstrafvollzug und Staatssicherheit in der DDR
Political Taboos in the German Democratic Republic
The article outlines a new framework for the study of communicative taboos in repressive political regimes such as the GDR. The concept goes beyond the somewhat reductive position that understands political taboos as mere silencing. The approach developed here aims at refining our understanding of discursive regimes in dictatorial regimes, where one dominant ideology has become deeply ingrained in most aspects of society. It starts with the obser…
Outwitting the Gestapo? German Communist Resistance between Loyalty and Betrayal
This article discusses ambiguous tactics of German Communist resisters in the Third Reich. The official historiography of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) portrayed Communist resisters as unfaltering heroes. By contrast, revisionist studies published after 1990 presented Communists as traitors and renegades. This study transcends these approaches that revolve around legitimation or de-legitimation of the dictatorship, and examines the dubious…
Cautious occupiers and restrained bureaucrats: Schwarzwohnen in the German Democratic Republic. Somewhat different from squatting
Throughout the history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), thousands of East Germans lived in flats occupied without state permission. What factors enabled and what practices shaped both the emergence and the persistence of informal housing in an East European dictatorship? The socialist authorities did not tolerate informality but contrary to the totalitarian rhetoric of state and party officials, local bureaucrats endeavoured to transform …
Driven into Suicide by the East German Regime? Reflections on the Persistence of a Misleading Perception
The assumption that the communist dictatorship in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) drove many people to suicide has persisted for decades, and it is still evident in academic and public discourse. Yet, high suicide rates in eastern Germany, which can be traced back to the nineteenth century, cannot be a result of a particular political system. Be it monarchy, democracy, fascism, or socialism, the frequency of suicide there did not change sign…
Cautious occupiers and restrained bureaucrats: Schwarzwohnen in the German Democratic Republic. Somewhat different from squatting
Throughout the history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), thousands of East Germans lived in flats occupied without state permission. What factors enabled and what practices shaped both the emergence and the persistence of informal housing in an East European dictatorship? The socialist authorities did not tolerate informality but contrary to the totalitarian rhetoric of state and party officials, local bureaucrats endeavoured to transform …
Cautious occupiers and restrained bureaucrats: Schwarzwohnen in the German Democratic Republic. Somewhat different from squatting
Throughout the history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), thousands of East Germans lived in flats occupied without state permission. What factors enabled and what practices shaped both the emergence and the persistence of informal housing in an East European dictatorship? The socialist authorities did not tolerate informality but contrary to the totalitarian rhetoric of state and party officials, local bureaucrats endeavoured to transform …
Driven into Suicide by the East German Regime? Reflections on the Persistence of a Misleading Perception
The assumption that the communist dictatorship in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) drove many people to suicide has persisted for decades, and it is still evident in academic and public discourse. Yet, high suicide rates in eastern Germany, which can be traced back to the nineteenth century, cannot be a result of a particular political system. Be it monarchy, democracy, fascism, or socialism, the frequency of suicide there did not change sign…
Political Taboos in the German Democratic Republic
The article outlines a new framework for the study of communicative taboos in repressive political regimes such as the GDR. The concept goes beyond the somewhat reductive position that understands political taboos as mere silencing. The approach developed here aims at refining our understanding of discursive regimes in dictatorial regimes, where one dominant ideology has become deeply ingrained in most aspects of society. It starts with the obser…
Outwitting the Gestapo? German Communist Resistance between Loyalty and Betrayal
This article discusses ambiguous tactics of German Communist resisters in the Third Reich. The official historiography of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) portrayed Communist resisters as unfaltering heroes. By contrast, revisionist studies published after 1990 presented Communists as traitors and renegades. This study transcends these approaches that revolve around legitimation or de-legitimation of the dictatorship, and examines the dubious…
Aufsätze /Articles. Jugendstrafvollzug und Staatssicherheit in der DDR
Aufarbeitung oder Spitzelparanoia: Zum Umgang mit Vorwürfen der Gestapo-Kollaboration in den SED-Parteisäuberungen nach 1948
Zu Beginn des Kalten Kriegs führte die Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (SED) massive Parteisäuberungen durch, bei denen irrationale Ängste eine Rolle spielten. Udo Grashoff zeigt, dass solche Ängste bei Vorwürfen der Kollaboration mit der Gestapo eine untergeordnete Rolle spielten und dass die SED zumeist aufgrund von nachprüfbaren Belegen über die weitere Parteimitgliedschaft entschied. Dabei nimmt er sowohl Vorwürfe des Verrats in Ge…
Democracy (4 works) · European history and politics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Communism (3 works) · German (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Betrayal (2 works)