Tag: Fall of the wall
The last GDR border tower in Saxony is to become a place of remembrance – Bavaria
Peter Stegemann from the Zwickau region was suddenly torn from his life in the early morning of July 22, 1978 at Heinersgrün. He died trying to cross the inner-German border…
Selb: What’s left of the porcelain city
For decades, Selb in Upper Franconia was considered a cosmopolitan city of porcelain and slipped into a fatal dependency. Today the place oscillates between pride in ceramics, melancholy and a…
Felix Stephan about East Berlin – culture
When the GDR collapses, the narrator’s family gathers in front of the stove one evening to burn all the evidence of their members’ Stasi activities. The only son grows up…
"Rammstein"-Predecessors: The Rammsteinchen
The band “Feeling B” was founded in East Berlin 40 years ago. The consequences: “Rammstein”. A tribute to the early years – and the never-ending bickering between East and West.…
Francis Fukuyama on the future of liberalism – culture
Francis Fukuyama wrote his essay “End of History” shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the book of the same name appeared soon after. Fukuyama, born in 1952…
Sausage is all: “Lenin auf Schalke”, Gregor Sander’s western novel. – Culture
For many biographies, the “Wende” years mark a brutal experience. The author Ines Geipel identified a whole “generation wall” in one of her books. In literary terms, however, these years…
Powerful legacy: 54 interviews on German unity. – Politics
Of Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Angela Merkel on the road as a spy in Moscow: The then Prime Minister of the GDR, Lothar de Maizière, sent Merkel to test the mood of…
“The girl with the golden hands” in the cinema: East-West drama – culture
The GDR chocolates from back then are finally being produced again, now, ten years after reunification. Teacher Gudrun Pfaff happily bites into the piece’s familiar past. “Wonderfully musty, just like…
On the death of Riccardo Ehrman – an obituary. – Media
He came too late on this mild day in East Berlin. But life doesn’t punish those who are late. For some there is even a historic opportunity. The Italian journalist…
On the death of Riccardo Ehrman – media
He came too late on this mild day in East Berlin. But life doesn’t punish those who are late. For some there is even a historic opportunity. The Italian journalist…