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

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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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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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German troops in Africa evoke bad memories
March 5, 2013 By Victor Grossman
On February 28, Germany's Bundestag members of most political parties voted to send German troops to Mali.
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Sexism, elections, and prison sentences for anti-fascists in Germany
February 4, 2013 By Victor Grossman
There were tweets every minute and soon tens of thousands of electronic messages - all about sexual harassment and sexism in general.
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A hero, protests and a dog matter in Germany
January 15, 2013 By Victor Grossman
Von Steuben, an anti-Nazi protest in Magdeburg and an annual observance in Berlin in memory of of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg.
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Things in Berlin up in the air…or grounded!
January 9, 2013 By Victor Grossman
Things in Berlin are all really up in the air! No, cancel that! Just the opposite; they are grounded - indefinitely!
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Right-wing murderers protected in Berlin
November 26, 2012 By Victor Grossman
For a year now, the case of three mystery killers has roiled the German scene.
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