sentences:  As Minister, he became part of a trend taking place in both East and West Germany that sought to reconnect with German culture, with those parts of Germany's past that was not controversial, not full of war and misery.After criticism on the 5th Party Congress of the SED, he was removed from his position.From 1960 to 1961, he worked at the "Militärgeschichtliches Institut der DDR" ("Military History Institute of the GDR") in Potsdam.