The Soviet Union tried to stop people from leaving the Eastern Bloc to live in non-communist places. From 1952, the Soviets tried to close the inner border between capitalist (West) …

2023年11月4日 · It’s political satire — by a West German director — but you get a feel for East German society. Beyond the Wall addresses the social and political life of the GDR, a State …

2019年11月8日 · Life in East Germany was characterised by shortages, spying and fear. Today, Heidi Brauer helps refugees escaping other 'cages', in places like Syria. However, 30 years …

East Germans lived in a restricted societal and political system, but they were humans—not automatons. As communism collapsed in the fall of 1989, East Germans took to the streets to …

Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics. Today’s guest is Katja Hoyer, author of “Beyond the …

2009年10月29日 · East Germans worked, cooked dinner and spent time with family and friends just like West Germans did. But they were also spied on by the Stasi and kept from leaving by …

Our permanent exhibition on “Everyday Life in the GDR” shows what East Germans’ lives were like in the 1970s and 1980s – at work, in public and in private. It shows how the Communist …

2013年1月16日 · When Communist East Germany built a wall across Berlin, it created two different cities, two different countries, and for scientists two different careers.

Memories of Life in East Germany:Snapshots. That future generations may remember the German Democratic Republic–its daily life, its culture and arts, its conflicted existence and its …

2016年10月13日 · Coming from the simple, unquestionable reality of the East, it was difficult for the Ossis (East Germans) to get used to the bright lights of the West, which drew them into a …