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Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former East Germany remembers the deliberate, immediate destruction of industry and jobs for the profit of West German firms and money-makers. East Germans still want to know how this was allowed to happen.
Move underway to rescue East Germany from anti-communist historians Move underway to rescue East Germany from anti-communist historians May 10, 2021 Erasing East Germany: The ship named "Berlin Capital of the DDR" has the initials of the German Democratic Republic painted over at a shipyard in Hamburg in September 1990. (Photo: Christian Eggers) A full generation has elapsed since the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) collapsed in late 1991. Two years earlier, in 1989, the socialist states of Eastern Europe gave way to a capitalism that forced its way in – the first salvo came when...
Help Save People's World The economic crisis has hit People's World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Move underway to rescue East Germany from anti-communist historians May 3, 2021 1:02 PM CDT By Vijay Prashad Erasing East Germany: The ship named "Berlin Capital of the DDR" has the initials of the German Democratic Republic painted over at a shipyard in Hamburg in September 1990. | Christian Eggers / AP A full generation has elapsed since the Union of Soviet Socialist Repu...