Born In The Gdr
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Born In The Gdr
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Author : Hester Vaizey
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Born In The Gdr written by Hester Vaizey and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
The real life stories of eight East Germans caught up in the dramatic transition from Communism to Capitalism by the fall of the Berlin Wall - and what they feel about life after the Wall.
Agony And Barbed Wire
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Author : Steffen Blaese
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-09-15
Agony And Barbed Wire written by Steffen Blaese and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-15 with categories.
On October 3, 1990, West Germany and East Germany became one state again after 45 years of post-war division. Just one year earlier, many East Germans could not imagine that the socialist dictatorship would soon come to an end. Head of state Erich Honecker had claimed that the Berlin Wall would still be standing in a hundred years. Many were happy about the freedom, about being able to visit their relatives and friends in the West, and also about no longer having to queue for shopping. Others, who had lost their power and privileges, were of course less happy about this development. East Germany was a dictatorship, a state of injustice that oppressed and patronized its citizens in many ways. There was no independent judiciary, no administrative jurisdiction. Citizens were only subjects and could not legally prosecute the state and its actors. The paranoid state leadership hindered every free spirited person in their professional advancement and private happiness. The regime went so far as to cage its citizens behind barbed wire and concrete and to have refugees shot at the border. All this must not be forgotten, because, as the saying goes, those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Yet thirty years after German reunification, the memory of the East German regime hardly plays a role. One reason for the historical ignorance is a lack of knowledge, paired with a diffuse sympathy for the idea of socialism. The author Steffen Blaese, himself born in the GDR, takes a critical look at the past, at what was good and at what was not. Concise, authentic, sometimes humorous, and with an unfortunately unavoidable bit of bitterness, he takes us through the reality inside the self-proclaimed workers' paradise. He tells of the retreat into the private sphere and of life in illusions, of deprivation and decay, surveillance and repression, and finally of the peaceful revolution and the collapse of the GDR and what psychological consequences the dictatorship has for millions of Germans to this day.
Stasiland
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Author : Anna Funder
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2011-04-07
Stasiland written by Anna Funder and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-07 with History categories.
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist. In Stasiland, winner of the 2004 Samuel Johnson Prize, Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the former East Germany, a country where the headquarters of the secret police can become a museum literally overnight, and one in fifty East Germans were informing on their countrymen and women. She meets Miriam, who as a sixteen-year-old might have started the Third World War, visits the man who painted the line which became the Berlin Wall and gets drunk with the legendary 'Mik Jegger' of the East, who the authorities once declared - to his face - to 'no longer exist'.
State Society And Memories Of The Uprising Of 17 June 1953 In The Gdr
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Author : R. Millington
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-10-14
State Society And Memories Of The Uprising Of 17 June 1953 In The Gdr written by R. Millington and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-14 with History categories.
Condemned as a fascist putsch in the East and praised as a 'people's uprising' in the West, the uprising of 17 June 1953 shook East Germany. Drawing on interviews and archive research, this book examines East German citizens' memories of the unrest and reflects on the nature of state power in the GDR.
Summary Of Jack Barsky S Deep Undercover
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-04-09T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Jack Barsky S Deep Undercover written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-09T22:59:00Z with History categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was born in East Germany in 1953, just after the end of World War II. The devastation from the war was made worse by the Soviets’ removal of valuable assets that had survived the Allies’ aerial bombardment. #2 My mother, Judith, was a new teacher in the village of Rietschen in 1948. She had six more years of life experience and six more years of hardship under her belt. She was born in 1922 in Kaltwasser, where her parents worked as head forest ranger and cook at the estate of a German count. #3 My mother was granted a one-month pregnancy leave in anticipation of my birth. My father accompanied her to his parents’ home in Reichenbach. The plan was that she would give birth there. But the weather was typical for springtime in Germany - gray skies, temperatures hovering around 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and a steady drizzle. #4 I was born in the GDR, on the Soviet-controlled side of the Berlin Wall. The entire trajectory of my life is rooted in the geographic location of my birth. By the time Stalin died, it had become clear that East Germany would continue to evolve into a Communist dictatorship.
The Path To The Berlin Wall
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Author : Manfred Wilke
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2014-04-30
The Path To The Berlin Wall written by Manfred Wilke and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-30 with History categories.
The long path to the Berlin Wall began in 1945, when Josef Stalin instructed the Communist Party to take power in the Soviet occupation zone while the three Western allies secured their areas of influence. When Germany was split into separate states in 1949, Berlin remained divided into four sectors, with West Berlin surrounded by the GDR but lingering as a captivating showcase for Western values and goods. Following a failed Soviet attempt to expel the allies from West Berlin with a blockade in 1948–49, a second crisis ensued from 1958–61, during which the Soviet Union demanded once and for all the withdrawal of the Western powers and the transition of West Berlin to a "Free City." Ultimately Nikita Khrushchev decided to close the border in hopes of halting the overwhelming exodus of East Germans into the West. Tracing this path from a German perspective, Manfred Wilke draws on recently published conversations between Khrushchev and Walter Ulbricht, head of the East German state, in order to reconstruct the coordination process between these two leaders and the events that led to building the Berlin Wall.
Working In East Germany
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Author : J. Madarász
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2006-11-02
Working In East Germany written by J. Madarász and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-02 with History categories.
Working in East Germany explores economic tendencies, political relationships and social situations that combined to create a specific socio-political habitat in East Germany after the building of the Berlin Wall. Conditions were peculiar to say the least, especially if compared to Western standards. Nevertheless, the majority of the population perceived their lives as part of a 'socialist normality' that most East Germans adjusted to successfully. This book writes the people back into the history of East Germany.
Stasi
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Author : John O. Koehler
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2008-08-05
Stasi written by John O. Koehler and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-05 with History categories.
In this gripping narrative, John Koehler details the widespread activities of East Germany's Ministry for State Security, or "Stasi." The Stasi, which infiltrated every walk of East German life, suppressed political opposition, and caused the imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of citizens, proved to be one of the most powerful secret police and espionage services in the world. Koehler methodically reviews the Stasi's activities within East Germany and overseas, including its programs for internal repression, international espionage, terrorism and terrorist training, art theft, and special operations in Latin America and Africa. Koehler was both Berlin bureau chief of the Associated Press during the height of the Cold War and a U.S. Army Intelligence officer. His insider's account is based on primary sources, such as U.S. intelligence files, Stasi documents made available only to the author, and extensive interviews with victims of political oppression, former Stasi officers, and West German government officials. Drawing from these sources, Koehler recounts tales that rival the most outlandish Hollywood spy thriller and, at the same time, offers the definitive contribution to our understanding of this still largely unwritten aspect of the history of the Cold War and modern Germany.
Conflict And Compromise In East Germany 1971 1989
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Author : J. Madarász
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2003-08-08
Conflict And Compromise In East Germany 1971 1989 written by J. Madarász and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-08 with History categories.
This extensively researched empirical analysis of the GDR in the years 1971-1989 challenges current historical interpretations of GDR history. It focuses on four social groups - youth, women, writers and Christians - to highlight the stability of this socialist society until 1987. The strength of the regime is shown to have been based on a continuously negotiated process of give-and-take involving major parts of the population.
Growing Up In East Germany
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Author : Yvonne Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-12-01
Growing Up In East Germany written by Yvonne Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-01 with categories.
AGES 6-12, BOYS & GIRLS No phone. No car. No bananas. That's how I grew up in East Germany. Find out more about life in this former Soviet-controlled state within this fun and exciting childhood biography. Experience another kid's childhood inside every My Childhood Series book! More MY CHILDHOOD SERIES books soon: Growing Up In Poland & Growing up in Czechoslovakia To learn more and to watch the BOOK TRAILER, visit www.Yvonne-Jones.com