East Germany
East German author Katja Oskamp wins Dublin Literary Award with ‘Marzahn, Mon Amour’
June 1, 2023Oskamp writes with understanding and compassion, preserving and enacting the sense of solidarity and community that was a feature of GDR society.
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The late East Germany, a new (distorted) history in review
April 12, 2023Katja Hoyer’s “Beyond the Wall” only underlines the mainstream Western narrative of the GDR as a totalitarian state with few, if any, redeeming features.
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Hans Modrow, 1928-2023: Son of the German Democratic Republic
February 22, 2023The man who oversaw the peaceful yet tragic end to state socialism in the east, then stayed to fight for the working class in the newly unified Germany, passed away on February 10, aged 95.
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Season’s Greetings from People’s World Berlin correspondent
December 23, 2022A Jewish non-believer tells us what he loves about this season celebrated by so many.
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German war hawks beat the drum for war on Russia
January 1, 2022They cite Russian troops inside Russia but ignore U.S., German, and U.K. maneuvers all along Russia’s borders.
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