03256nam 2200661 450 991082624320332120230126205441.00-19-102883-50-19-871874-80-19-102882-7(CKB)2550000001342228(EBL)1776231(SSID)ssj0001375407(PQKBManifestationID)11861583(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001375407(PQKBWorkID)11332160(PQKB)11310691(MiAaPQ)EBC1776231(Au-PeEL)EBL1776231(CaPaEBR)ebr10904455(CaONFJC)MIL634743(OCoLC)889302686(EXLCZ)99255000000134222820140815h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBorn in the GDR life in the shadow of the wall /Hester VaizeyOxford, England :Oxford University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-871873-X 1-322-03492-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 7Chapter 8Chapter 9; Bibliography; Magazine Articles; Films; IndexThe 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 loathinBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989Germany (East)BiographyGermany (East)Social conditionsBerlin (Germany)BiographyBerlin (Germany)Social conditionsGermanyHistoryUnification, 1990Personal narrativesBerlin (Germany)History1945-1990Personal narrativesGermanyfastBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.943.155087Vaizey Hester1677055MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826243203321Born in the GDR4043673UNINA