Final Vestige Studios·2d agoThe Stasi Officer Who Opened the Berlin Wall Without OrdersOn the night of 9 November 1989, Harald Jäger held thousands at the Bornholmer Straße crossing, then ordered the barrier raised. Nobody had…
Amith Raman·Oct 31The Speech that Unified EuropeOn June 12, 1987, then-President Ronald Reagan delivered the timeless speech, named “Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate”, in front of the…A response icon4A response icon4
Dan Roberts·Oct 26When East Germany Almost Qualified for Italia 90The East Germany national side almost timed their ascent to perfection, as football became cool in the 1990s
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Alex Sterling·Aug 2The Script of a Predator: The 500,000-Sample Hunt for the Killer of Lars BenseA Socialist Utopia, a Discarded Suitcase, and the Largest Forensic Handwriting Analysis in Human History.
InThe Geopolitical EconomistbyThe Systems Operator·May 22The GDR’s Strange Embrace: Palestine, Africa, and the Limits of Socialist SolidarityThe German Democratic Republic, that grey, walled-off strip of Central Europe, was in many ways the most improbable of internationalist…
Owein Iveson·Apr 6From Kaffeemix to Chanel: The Politics, Culture of Design and Nostalgia in the German Democratic…“On the 3rd of October 1990, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist” (Hoyer, 2023).
InDavid Bowie Book ClubbyOren Raab·Mar 1March 2026. The Quest for Christa T. by Christa Wolf1968, Ferrer, Straus and Giroux, 185 pages. Written in German, read in English.
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