“…For scholars interested in the political life of the GDR, the series contains a detailed record of socialist propaganda put forth by the GDR’s founder and long-serving head of state, Walter Ulbricht. In perusing the archive, one finds in Ulbricht’s political legacy a combination of political pragmatism, as well as a cold, unshakable devotion Marxism that he used to deflect all blame for the shortcomings and obstacles his country faced. …”