East Germany
East Germans still underpaid and ignored decades after unification
October 20, 2025Thirty-five years after reunification, East Germans earn less, hold fewer top positions, and are still defined by narratives written in the West.
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Everyday life in the GDR captured on film
August 27, 2025Why are these original recordings from the GDR so popular? People who lived it want to see glimpses of their old life again, and the people who didn’t grow up there are curious about the truth...
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The roots of neo-fascism in East Germany
February 25, 2025The fall of the Berlin Wall enabled neo-fascist activity to spill over into East Germany, laying the groundwork for the strengthening of right-wing forces today.
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Former GDR minister: Western politicians still don’t grasp devastation of forced capitalist transition
October 25, 2024Resilience and marginalization in post-unification Germany.
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The German Democratic Republic, a socialist state still villainized long after its demise
October 7, 2024Oct. 7, 2024, marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the German Democratic Republic. For several years in the 1980s, People’s World Editor John Wojcik served as chair of the U.S. Committee for Friendship with...
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