A Glimpse of Freedom: Allied Occupation and Political Resistance in East Germany
利用二战结束时盟军与苏军在东德境内的临时接触线，发现短暂处于盟军控制下的地区在1953年起义中抗议活动更多，说明即使短暂的自由体验也能激发民众对独裁的抵抗。
This paper exploits the idiosyncratic line of contact separating Allied and Soviet troops within East Germany at the end of WWII to study political resistance in a non-democracy. When Nazi Germany surrendered, 40 percent of what would become the authoritarian German Democratic Republic was initially under Allied control but was ceded to Soviet control less than two months later. Brief Allied exposure increased protests during the major 1953 uprising. We use novel data on the appointment of local mayors and a retrospective survey to argue that even a “glimpse of freedom” can foster civilian opposition to dictatorship.