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The Bright Side of the Doom, Part 123: A Nation Transformed

In the fall of 1989, political tensions reached their peak in almost all of the GDR’s major cities.

Nov 18, 2025 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #history #germany #east-germany

Because of our constant preoccupation with Julia and the presence of the neighbor’s children, Chris and I never had the feeling that our…

Nov 12, 2025 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #history #germany #east-germany

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The other morning, the men shiveringly packed up their clothes.

Nov 18, 2025 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #history #germany #east-germany

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We camped far in the south of Bulgaria in a sea bay near the Turkish-Greek border.

Nov 12, 2025 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #history #germany #east-germany

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What happened next is difficult to describe. East and West Berliners were in each other’s arms.

Nov 24, 2025 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #ancient-history #germany #east-germany

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I did not allow myself to be beaten up by the police in front of the Nikolaikirche on Mondays, nor did I join the big protest march to…

Nov 24, 2025 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #ancient-history #germany #east-germany

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It had become autumn. Like every year at this time, the battlegroup battalion ‘Friedrich Engels’, to which my hundred-man squad belonged…

Nov 17, 2025 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #history #germany #east-germany