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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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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A ragged ragout from Berlin and Swabia
October 29, 2012 By Victor Grossman
This bulletin is a mix of items - decent news, and not-big news.
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Three killers and a blurry background
September 21, 2012 By Victor Grossman
What connection is there between a sheepishly smiling politician and the mad rage of a bloodthirsty mob bent on murder in a Baltic coast town 150 miles away?
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Berlin: A conference of anti-fascists and the story of a ring
September 18, 2012 By Victor Grossman
A small but moving episode marked the regular annual meeting of the German organization Fighters and Friends of the Spanish Republic 1936-1939.
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