Born in the GDR
Living in the Shadow of the Wall
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Product details:
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication 9 October 2014
- ISBN 9780198718734
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 223x153x23 mm
- Weight 404 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 30 black & white halftones; 1 map 0
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Short description:
The real life stories of eight East Germans caught up in the dramatic transition from Communism to Capitalism by the fall of the Berlin Wall - and what they feel about life after the Wall.
MoreLong description:
The changes that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 were particularly dramatic for East Germans. With the German Democratic Republic effectively taken over by West Germany in the reunification process, nothing in their lives was immune from change and upheaval: from the way they voted, the newspapers they read, to the brand of butter they bought.
But what was it really like to go from living under communism one minute, to capitalism the next? What did the East Germans make of capitalism? And how do they remember the GDR today? Are their memories dominated by fear and loathing of the Stasi state, or do they look back with a measure of fondness and regret on a world of guaranteed employment and low living costs?
This is the story of eight citizens of the former German Democratic Republic, and how these dramatic changes affected them. All of the people in the book were born in East Germany after the Berlin Wall was put up in August 1961, so they knew nothing other than living in a socialist system when the GDR fell apart. Their stories provide a fascinating insight not only into everyday life in East Germany, but also into how this now-vanished state is remembered today, a quarter of a century after the
fall of the Wall.
She has delivered a fascinating glimpse into the lives of others
Table of Contents:
Preface
Glossary
Introduction
Petra ~ shaping the change
Carola ~ seeing the contradictions
Lisa ~ accepting the circumstances
Mario ~ feeling the regime's wrath
Katharina ~ believing in God under pressure
Robert ~ supporting the idea of socialism
Mirko ~ rejecting the Party line
Peggy ~ feeling safe and secure
Interpreting the end of East Germany
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