Neither acknowledged as a foreign state or as a state at all, the GDR was after all present and worthy enough to West Germany to sign a Basic Treaty with it in 1972. [more]
This is what they look like: grey and furrowed clothes, grey and spooked icy faces. Grey eyes and grey teeth behind grey narrow lips. [more]
Today only 2 of the once 302 watchtowers are still standing and can be visited in Mitte and Kreuzberg... [more]
In capitalism man exploits man – in socialism it’s the other way round. That’s approximately how political jokes functioned in the East: it was seldom funny in Germany. [more]
In the battle for ideology, territory and people, from the symbolic tug-of-war of the block powers about every single inhabitant of Berlin, every German and generally every soul in this world,... [more]
It seems precarious to write about the Palace of the Republic, on the destiny of which has been set the seal. [more]
It is not an intractable attitude to informally continue calling this boulevard after the former CPSU (Communist Party of the Soviet Union) Secretary General’s name, as some do. In the spirit of the... [more]
The quotation marks already show that Treptow is dealt with more like a concept. It is a concept for those who hang around Kreuzberg or “Kreuzkölln” (northern part of Neukölln), and for those who... [more]
This is the most impressive of Berlin’s three Soviet Memorials, more monumental than the second largest in the Tiergarten. In the very dense Treptower Park, off the main trails and paths on the banks... [more]
“The Bolsheviks, like every other political system which seeks to radically change society (totalitarism), saw great importance in winning over the youth.” (SBZ von A-Z, Bundesministerium für... [more]
