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Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

by Katja Hoyer

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Start the Week, BBC Radio 4 · April 30, 2023

Life behind the iron curtain

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A nuanced portrait of life in East Germany that moves beyond Western caricature, acknowledging the oppression and hardship faced by ordinary people while also revealing the distinctive and rich social and cultural landscape of this now-vanished society.

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