Victor Grossman

Victor Grossman is a journalist from the U.S. now living in Berlin. He fled his U.S. Army post in the 1950s in danger of reprisals for his left-wing activities at Harvard and in Buffalo, New York. He landed in the former German Democratic Republic (Socialist East Germany), studied journalism, founded a Paul Robeson Archive, and became a freelance journalist and author. His latest book, A Socialist Defector: From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee, is about his life in the German Democratic Republic from 1949 – 1990, the tremendous improvements for the people under socialism, the reasons for the fall of socialism, and the importance of today's struggles.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Victor Grossman

World

“Jamaica” coalition in Germany experiencing birth pains
November 14, 2017 By Victor Grossman
The negotiations on forming a new German government are troublesome. The elections were September 24¸ but there is little hope for a new government much before Christmas.
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Culture

“Potemkin,” a film from yesterday and an audience from today
October 31, 2017 By Victor Grossman
What brought so many people together for an old silent film on a drizzly Monday evening?
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World

From Charlottesville to Berlin, Nazis eclipsed by anti-fascist response
August 21, 2017 By Victor Grossman
While the rabble in Charlottesville looked to Robert E. Lee, on SaturdayGermany's neo-Nazi crowd sought to glorify Rudolf Hess, a deputy of Hitler.
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World

German automakers born of Nazi crimes, commit new ones today
August 10, 2017 By Victor Grossman
Volkswagen was born with a scandal; founded by Hitler to provide German workers with a car.
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World

At G-20 in Hamburg, Trump should call for peace, not war
July 6, 2017 By Victor Grossman
Whatever he tweets, Donald Trump’s encounter with Vladimir Putin on Friday, their first ever, can have immense importance for the world, no matter what it thinks of either of them.
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World

Angela Merkel’s grip on Germany’s politics may be loosening
February 13, 2017 By Victor Grossman
The year ahead may become very complicated and difficult in many places on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Opinion

“The Yanks are coming!”
January 9, 2017 By Victor Grossman
2017 had hardly begun in Germany’s port city of Bremerhaven when between 3,500 and 4,000 U.S. troops disembarked and unloaded two shiploads.
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World

Spain: Remembering sacrifice of the International Brigades
November 2, 2016 By Victor Grossman
The International Brigades were made up of men and women volunteers who came to join in a mortal struggle against fascism.
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