Tag: Stasi
History policy of the Minister of State for Culture: Wants too much and does too little
Claudia Roth is attempting a major historical-political embrace of civil society. But their draft for a framework plan for a culture of remembrance goes terribly wrong. source site
Lisa Eckhart’s new program: “Empress Stasi the First”: Nothing about it is provocative – culture
At the bottom of the Statue of Liberty is written: “Give me your tired, your poor, your downtrodden masses longing to breathe free, the miserable filth of your crowded shores.”…
Lisa Eckahrt’s new program: “Empress Stasi the First” – Culture
At the bottom of the Statue of Liberty is written: “Give me your tired, your poor, your downtrodden masses yearning to breathe free, the miserable filth of your crowded shores.”…
Charlotte Gneuss’ novel "grid lake": Seductive officials
In her first novel, Charlotte Gneuss tells a coming-of-age story in the GDR. In it, the great dawn of puberty is closely connected with the danger of betrayal. source site
Exhibition on Wolf Biermann: “Hello you poor Stasi pigs” – culture
There is an early ballad by Wolf Biermann that explains in eight stanzas why Stalinallee is called what it is called and why the desire to build the most beautiful…
Quite comfortable dictatorship: A “new history of the GDR”? Unfortunately not! – Politics
Review by Norbert F. Pötzl A book that promises “a new history of the GDR” in the subtitle arouses expectations. What arouses curiosity is that the author was a historian…
Federal Audit Office on Stasi files: Digital reconstruction “completely failed”
Status: 04/21/2023 3:34 p.m A devastating verdict by the Federal Court of Auditors: The 17 million euro project to digitally reassemble torn Stasi files had failed. Only 0.1 percent of…
Frank Schöbel: “There is an acoustic wall between East and West” – Economy
Frank Schöbel once sang at the opening of the World Cup. His hits are still heard in the East. A conversation about unwanted status symbols and why meeting Stasi boss…
Almost 30,000 applications in 2022: unbroken interest in Stasi files
Status: 01/11/2023 1:55 p.m The Federal Archives contain more than 111 kilometers of Stasi files. Even after the dissolution of the Stasi records authority, interest in inspecting the files remained…
Germany’s Role in the Syrian Torture Apparatus – Culture
Of Ron Steinke As we now know, a few stowaways smuggled in among the people from Syria who fled to Germany and found a new home here. A few henchmen…