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

Politics

Germany faces stark choices as it celebrates its ‘unity’
October 11, 2022 By Victor Grossman
Expectations, after the GDR was absorbed into West Germany, have not been met.
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News

The war in Ukraine is behind much of the distress in Germany
September 21, 2022 By Victor Grossman
Only peace can tame a soaring cost of living including the surging prices of energy, food, and housing prices.
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World

70 years since I left the U.S. Army for East Germany
August 29, 2022 By Victor Grossman
Why on that fateful day I took off my army jacket, stepped into and swam across the Danube River.
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Opinion

Will we ever know why the war in Ukraine was really launched?
July 18, 2022 By Victor Grossman
Why did Russia send an army into Ukraine? Was it pure imperialism? A terrible miscalculation? Did its leaders see it as a dire necessity? Or was it a baited trap?
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World

Ukraine war divides German ruling class—and the left
July 13, 2022 By Victor Grossman
For years, Germany, though officially unified, has been torn between two forces. The war in the east has now put the divide front and center and threatens to tear the left apart.
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World

Ukraine war shakes up political situation in Germany
May 6, 2022 By Victor Grossman
Politicians are changing their positions, military spending is up, and The Left party faces internal division.
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News

Three musts worldwide: Oppose war, dismantle weapons, and prevent nuclear annihilation
March 25, 2022 By Victor Grossman
Regarding the Ukraine-Russia war, we want negotiations and agreements, not threats, armaments, soldiers, and refugees.
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Opinion

A criminal war ushers in the worst of times in Ukraine, Russia, and Europe
March 11, 2022 By Victor Grossman
March for peace wherever you can, but watch out for who is next to you and who is on the speaker’s platform.
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