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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791144203321

Autore

Vaizey Hester

Titolo

Born in the GDR : life in the shadow of the wall / / Hester Vaizey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-102883-5

0-19-871874-8

0-19-102882-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

943.155087

Soggetti

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989

Germany (East) Biography

Germany (East) Social conditions

Berlin (Germany) Biography

Berlin (Germany) Social conditions

Germany History Unification, 1990 Personal narratives

Berlin (Germany) History 1945-1990 Personal narratives

Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; BORN IN THE GDR: LIFE IN THE SHADOW OF THE WALL; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; Glossary; Preface; Introduction; 1:Petra ~ Shaping the Change; 2:Carola ~ Seeing the Contradictions; 3:Lisa ~ Accepting the Circumstances; 4:Mario ~ Feeling the Regime's Wrath; 5:Katharina ~ Believing in God under Pressure; 6:Robert ~ Supporting the Idea of Socialism; 7:Mirko ~ Rejecting the Party Line; 8:Peggy ~ Feeling Safe and Secure; Interpreting the End of East Germany; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7

Chapter 8Chapter 9; Bibliography; Magazine Articles; Films; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The changes that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 were particularly dramatic for East Germans. With the German Democratic Republic effectively taken over by West Germany in the



reunification process, nothing in their lives was immune from change and upheaval: from the way they voted, the newspapers they read, to the brand of butter they bought. But what was it really like to go from living under communism one minute, to capitalism the next? What did the East Germans make of capitalism? And how do they remember the GDR today? Are their memories dominated by fear and loathin