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

Merkel victory in Germany: Was it really so big?
September 25, 2013 By Victor Grossman
What rejoicing! What a triumph for Angela Merkel, the East German girl who has really made it to the top. But was it really such a big win?
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World

As elections loom in Germany, few support Obama on Syria
September 9, 2013 By Victor Grossman
BERLIN - Although Germany has had a resurgence of neo-Nazi attacks on refugees, U.S.-Germany relations have garnered much media attention with a possible U.S. attack on Syria and the National Security Agency spying scandal.
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World

Berlin still hopes for an end to all war
August 12, 2013 By Victor Grossman
The hot, seemingly untroubled vacation days in Germany have been disturbed by two abbreviations, NSU and NSA.
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Germany’s Left Party deals with water, fire, air and dirt
June 21, 2013 By Victor Grossman
BERLIN - Two elements threatened the congress of The Left Party in Dresden over the weekend: water and fire.
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World

Some 1.5 million disappear in Germany
June 10, 2013 By Victor Grossman
Hard-hit Berlin, where 400,000 are unaccounted for, will now lose millions of euros in subsidies from the European Union and richer German states.
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World

Is the world of advertising swallowing Russia?
May 17, 2013 By Victor Grossman
Moscow seems engulfed by the modern world of advertising; the signs, ads and billboards sometimes remind me of Times Square.
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World

Stumble stones are for German hearts and minds
April 12, 2013 By Victor Grossman
BERLIN - The late, late snow has finally disappeared from Berlin's streets. Visible once again, here and there, are the "stumble stones" -"stolpersteine" in German - with their brief, tragic messages.
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Germany’s finance minister: The most dangerous man in Europe?
April 1, 2013 By Victor Grossman
Angela is losing "patience" with irresponsible lands and leaders to the South, reluctant to bear the required share of their burdens.
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