Lucie Pflug

Lucie Pflug (24 February 1916 - 9 November 1993) was a senior cultural official in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).[1]

Between 1956 and 1978 she was the head of the "Publications, Book trade and Academic Libraries department" ("Sektor Verlage, Buchhandel und wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken"), working in the Knowledge Section of the powerful Party Central Committee. There was always a reluctance on the part of the authorities to acknowledge the existence of state censorship.[2] It is nevertheless believed that Lucie Pflug's job gave her significant influence over what was published, and therefore over what was available to be read, in the German Democratic Republic.[3]

  1. ^ Wurm, Carsten; Barth, Bernd-Rainer. "Pflug, Lucie * 24.2.1916, † 9.11.1993 Kulturfunktionärin". Wer war wer in der DDR? (in German). Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. ^ Lokatis, Siegfried (9 May 2008). "Die Zensorin - Zensurspiel?" (in German). Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. ^ Jones, Sara (2011). Complicit critic: Hermann Kant and the writer as functionary. Walter de Gruyter. p. 62. ISBN 978-3-11-023795-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)