Idk how scientific it is, but "Stasi State or Socialist Paradise" gets right down to brass tacks and says that while most western propaganda relentlessly focuses on the problems and real or imagined failures of the GDR they're going to lay out the things the GDR did right, the problems they solved, the way the people of the GDR busted ass to build a better society. It's a very compelling book that upended my view of the GDR, but it does need to be understood as a work of polemic. (Polemic is good and I endorse it).
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Yeah, forgot to mention that I'm familiar with that one, although I only read excerpts.
Victor Grossman is a journalist who has mostly published works in German.
I'm not certain as to how scientific it is, as in like hard data, but if you're looking for that sort of stuff then my guess is that his work wouldn't really hit the mark.
Nothing specific, but you might wanna check Kristen Ghodsee's work. She can be kinda lib but, at the very least, her sources might be useful to you.