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The Country Where Communism Almost Worked | Aaron Meets Katja Hoyer | Downstream

In 1990 the Berlin Wall came down and the experiment of communist East Germany drew to an end. Yet for a time it was a successful project, raising living standards against massive odds and providing stability for the first time in half a century. So is it time to re-assess Europe's most wealthy, and advanced communist country, the DDR? Aaron Bastani speaks to author and historian Katja Hoyer.…

The GDR was not the Stasiland of grey monotony we imagine

One of the great unsung heroes of modern times is Lt Colonel Harald Jäger, an East German border guard who was the commanding officer at the Bornholmer Strasse checkpoint in central Berlin on that wondrous night of 9 November 1989.  There are heart-rending stories of those who were shot ‘wall jumping’, the near-impossible method of

The late East Germany, a new (distorted) history in review

The German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) has long been a subject neglected by many historians—or, if it is given attention, it’s been portrayed simply as a totalitarian country ruled by Stalinists who oppressed the population.

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Back in the GDR: an interview with Katja Hoyer

The author of a new book on East Germany explains why she wanted to colour in that vanished country’s past

Back in the GDR: an interview with Katja Hoyer - Prospect Magazine

'Beyond the Wall': The GDR seen from an East German perspective

On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, symbolising the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Plenty of books, essays and documentaries have been devoted to the historic turning point, but hearing…

Katja Hoyer: Beyond The Wall

In this week’s Book Club podcast, my guest is the historian Katja Hoyer, whose new book Beyond The Wall: East Germany 1949-1990 tells the story of four decades which are vital to understanding modern Germany, but which tend to be quietly relegated to a footnote in history. Born in the GDR herself, Katja tells me how much

Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949–1990 by Katja Hoyer - review by John Kampfner