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Urlaub Macht Geschichte. Reisen und Tourismus in der DDR

May 2022

Publisher: BeBra-Verlag
ISBN: 978-3-89809-201-2

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Technische Universität Berlin

Holiday makes history: Travel and tourism in the GDR ----- Von Ostseestrand bis Balaton, von Campingplatz bis Kreuzfahrtschiff – die DDR war Reiseweltmeister. Neben dem staatlich und betrieblich organisiertem Tourismus erblühte eine bunte Vielfalt privater Urlaubsunternehmungen. Am Ende aber erwies sich die gewaltsame Beschränkung der Reisefreiheit als fatal für das SED-Regime. ----- Flyer hier: http://hasso-spode.de/publika/BeBra22-News.pdf ----- Rezensionen: http://hasso-spode.de/publika/publika.html#B%C3%BCcher ----- Hinweis: Unter verschiedenen Tarnnamen (wie Hanna, DrHC oder auch Hasso) wird dieses und andere Bücher von mir, sowie ich persönlich, von einem Thomas Schaufuß bei Amazon in gefakten "Bewertungen" unqualifiziert herabgewürdigt.--- vgl. die LISTE hier: http://hasso-spode.de/publika/Schaufu%C3%9F23-AMAZON23.html

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