Stronger than the State - Bodybuilders in East Germany

Bodybuilders were viewed with great suspicion by the government in the GDR. The Stasi kept many of them under surveillance. But these weightlifters weren't going to let that stop them - quite the oppo...

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Blu-ray: Into the Forest - Folktales at DEFA

Nearly 50 folktale adaptations (termed Märchenfilm) were produced by East Germany’s state-owned film studio DEFA in the postwar years, the success of 1950’s Heart of Stone showing that there was a big...

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Honey cast and creatives talk about love triangles, cast-mates and being transported back in time for darkly comedic Cold War thriller

Tender and flirty, slick and dangerous, a new darkly comedic Cold War thriller is coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One

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FC Magdeburg: The East German club that shocked AC Milan and defied the regime

Harry Kane’s first opponents after winning the Ballon d’Or may not have the same trophy cabinet as Bayern Munich, or anything close to it.Now playing in…

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Trabant Finally Got A 4-Cylinder Engine Just As East Germans Could Buy Western Cars - AOL

Trabant dominated the roads of East Germany back when the Berlin Wall was up. But it wouldn't even last for a year by the time its engine got four cylinders.

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The top 11 places to see what remains of the wall

What was left of the wall

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Too Much Future – Punk in East Germany | Kaput Mag

Despite relentless surveillance, harassment, arrests, and intimidation, East German punk built a resilient underground network of musicians, fans, churches, artists, and activists. Against extraordina...

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The Far Right Breaks Through in Germany - Dissent Magazine

For the first time since the Second World War, the far right will form a government in Germany. But the rot in Saxony-Anhalt stems from decades of neglect.

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Fatherland | Storyhouse

Fatherland centres on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) - actress, writer and rally driver.

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Germany marks 36 years of unity: Why was the country divided and how united is it today?

Only 17% of former GDR citizens kept their jobs after the change of system, a legacy still visible in regions short of people and corporate headquarters. #EuropeNews

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History, Germany, populism and global polycrisis

My wide-ranging interview with Der Spiegel

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German reunification: Familiar problems, and a new East German identity

A new study highlights persistent structural disparities in wealth and leadership positions between East and West Germany, 36 years after reunification.

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Who’s Afraid of the Stasi?

The sinister reach of East Germany’s Ministry for State Security did not end in 1990. According to the British press, the Stasi is still with us.

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East Germans who experienced repression during the GDR show higher distress and systemic inflammation, study finds

Citizens of former East Germany who faced surveillance and harassment still show higher psychological distress and systemic inflammation decades later. A new study reveals how "soft" authoritarian rep...

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Cold War espionage added $4.6 billion to East Germany’s economy

Stolen trade secrets boosted the country's output—to a point.

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How growing up in East Germany affected cognitive health in later life

Older adults who lived in socialist East Germany show better cognitive health today than their West German peers. Researchers attribute this unexpected mental resilience to the longer compulsory schoo...

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I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel

Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer too, says writer Carolin Würfel

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Vor 50 Jahren: Selbstverbrennung von Pfarrer Brüsewitz in Zeitz – Doku in der ARD Mediathek

Am 18. August 1976 verbrannte sich der evangelische Pfarrer Oskar Brüsewitz vor der Michaeliskirche in Zeitz. Damit setzte er ein Zeichen gegen die Kirchen- und Bildungspolitik der DDR. Sein Fanal ers...

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How Britain saw the Berlin Wall go up

The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 took many by surprise – not least the British still occupying much of the city. Here's how they reacted.

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Officials warn against East Germany nostalgia on Berlin Wall anniversary

German officials warned Thursday against the romanticisation of communist East Germany at a time the far-right and Moscow-friendly AfD has sometimes expressed nostalgia for the fallen regime.

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Germany commemorates the construction of the Berlin Wall 65 years ago

Commemorative events, exhibitions and an art installation at the Brandenburg Gate will mark the 65th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall in Berlin on Thursday. Politicians and other pub...

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