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Posts about East Germany by Dr Richard Millington. Liverpool, UK. All opinions my own. 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇬🇧
Hi Everyone, sorry I haven't posted for ages. Shortly after I lost my Mum at Xmas, my Dad also died - on the day after my Mum's funeral of all days. I will be back here, just taking time for myself. Thanks 😃
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If you still have a Mum, give her a hug or a text tonight. As of yesterday, I can't do that anymore - and I wish I could so very much.
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An East German handmixer is winning hearts in kitchens nationwide
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An East German handmixer is winning hearts in kitchens nationwide
Shoppers are not coming in to Mario Schubert's store asking for Labubus or Stanley mugs. No.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/east-german-handmixer-winning-hearts-071025499.html
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Piece of Berlin Wall at Eastnor Deer Park in Herefordshire
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Piece of iconic Berlin Wall installed at beauty spot
AN ICONIC piece of Cold War history has appeared in Herefordshire. The piece of the Berlin Wall is on display at Eastnor Deer Park.
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/25692844.piece-berlin-wall-eastnor-deer-park-herefordshire/?ref=li
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Bring back the lettuce - we would get more sense out of it.
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Truss claims living in the UK is now like 'East Germany' in latest bizarre claim
The former Prime Minister claims the 'woke' police have stopped citizens 'expressing perfectly normal views'
https://inews.co.uk/news/truss-claims-living-uk-like-east-germany-latest-bizarre-claim-4108204?ITO=msn
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5 months ago
You can’t beat
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’s good night messages with a sign off from the Sandmännchen.
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add a skeleton here at some point
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'Berlin Apartment' video game lets users live German history
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'Berlin Apartment' video game lets users live German history – DW – 11/26/2025
'The Berlin Apartment' immerses users in the lives of past city residents. They experience German history through the game, from Nazi rule through the Cold War and the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://amp.dw.com/en/berlin-apartment-video-game-lets-users-live-german-history/a-74906726
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Jenny Erpenbeck: ‘I’ve seen a whole system collapse and fade away’
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Jenny Erpenbeck: ‘I’ve seen a whole system collapse and fade away’ | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/jenny-erpenbeck-ive-seen-a-whole-system-collapse-and-fade-away
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‘No topic is too difficult’: children’s series on life in communist East Germany wins an Emmy
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‘No topic is too difficult’: children’s series on life in communist East Germany wins an Emmy
In Fritzi’s Footsteps tells story of a girl growing up in Leipzig who witnesses the fall of the Berlin Wall
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/26/children-series-on-life-in-communist-east-germany-wins-an-emmy?CMP=share_btn_url
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After almost exactly five years, I've finally completed a first draft of my book on crime in East Germany! Still a long way to go with editing, adding, and amending, but feels like an achievement atm :-)
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November 9: A fateful day in the history of Germany
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November 9: A fateful day in the history of Germany – DW – 11/09/2025
From the end of the monarchy to the 1938 pogroms to the fall of the Berlin Wall, November 9 is a significant date on the German calendar.
https://www.dw.com/en/november-9-a-fateful-day-in-the-history-of-germany/a-74659144
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Where sections of the Berlin Wall pieces can be found around the world
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Where Berlin Wall sections are found around the world – DW – 11/08/2025
The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. But that's not where its story ended: Today, you can find pieces of the wall around the globe, even in strange places. Each one tells its own tale.
https://www.dw.com/en/where-sections-of-the-berlin-wall-pieces-can-be-found-around-the-world/a-74632040
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Cold War Conversations Podcast
6 months ago
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Big trouble in ‘Little Berlin’: the tiny hamlet split in two by the cold war
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Big trouble in ‘Little Berlin’: the tiny hamlet split in two by the cold war
A new museum in Mödlareuth tells the story of how a settlement of only 50 people straddled Bavaria in West Germany and Thuringia in the east
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/nov/03/big-trouble-in-little-berlin-the-tiny-hamlet-split-in-two-by-the-cold-war?CMP=share_btn_url
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Exhibition Opening of ‘Harald Hauswald: Life in East Germany’
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Exhibition Opening of ‘Harald Hauswald: Life in East Germany’ – Nov. 13
An unembellished view of what life looked like in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall, presented by Deutsches Haus at NYU
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2025/november/exhibition-opening-of--harold-hauswald--life-in-east-germany----.html
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GDR assets: The mystery of the missing billions — Part 1
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GDR assets: The mystery of the missing billions — Part 1 – DW – 11/01/2025
The hunt for the assets of the former East Germany’s ruling party has the hallmarks of a thriller. There are dubious characters, bags of cash, and key witnesses who suddenly die. At its heart is the q...
https://www.dw.com/en/docfilm-the-mystery-of-the-missing-billions-where-did-the-riches-of-east-germanys-socialist-party-disappear-part-1/video-74585219
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35 years ago today, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory was absorbed into the Federal Republic. If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of the GDR on this auspicious
#TagderEinheit
, you can check out my new book:
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6 months ago
28 October 1969: stamps issued in the GDR to mark the national stamp exhibition held in Magdeburg. This stamp depicts the monument to the scientist and politician Otto von Guericke.
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Can anyone help please? I have a phrase in one of my Stasi files- 'Nu dawei weg'. Is it a mix of Russian and German basically meaning 'go away' ? That would fit the context. Thanks
6 months ago
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East German Women – More Than Just the “Losers”
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The Beaver
- The Beaver is LSE's award-winning student newspaper. We provide news, analysis, and commentary on issues at LSE and beyond.
https://thebeaverlse.co.uk/east-german-women-more-than-just-the-losers/
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Helga Paris: Women at Work - The 'Unforeseen Beauty' of East German Factory Workers In 1984 -
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Helga Paris: Women at Work - The 'Unforeseen Beauty' of East German Factory Workers In 1984 - Flashbak
In 1984, Helga Paris spent weeks at a state-owned factory in East Berlin photographing female employees and their "unforeseen beauty".
https://flashbak.com/helga-pariss-women-at-work-478738/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=socialnetwork
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7 months ago
Just been handed down this fantastic World Soccer magazine from 1990. A triple page spread on the end of East Germany and its football league system.
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Cold war power play: how the Stasi got into computer games
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Cold war power play: how the Stasi got into computer games
A new exhibition in Berlin shows how the notoriously paranoid East German state greeted the dawn of video gaming with surprising enthusiasm
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/oct/07/stasi-coldwargames-its-all-a-game-alliiertenmuseum-berlin?CMP=share_btn_url
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Thousands of Germans access Stasi files, 35 years after reunification
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Thousands of Germans access Stasi files, 35 years after reunification | dpa international
https://dpa-international.com/politics/urn:newsml:dpa.com:20090101:251002-99-214921/
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What do statistics reveal about Germany 35 years after reunification?
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What do statistics reveal about Germany 35 years after reunification?
35 years after German reunification, Destatis has released a series focusing on statistical differences between eastern and western federal states today.
https://www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/germany-news/what-do-statistics-reveal-about-germany-35-years-after-reunification
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35 years later, beloved East German car still sputters on
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AFP News
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7 months ago
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Divided again? 35 years after reunification, Germany feels it is growing apart
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Divided again? 35 years after reunification, Germany feels it is growing apart - The Berliner
35 years after reunification, most Germans believe the nation is growing apart, with East Germans feeling the divide most strongly.
https://www.the-berliner.com/english-news-berlin/divided-again-35-years-after-reunification-germany-feels-it-is-growing-apart/
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35 years after Berlin Wall, East German football struggling
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35 years after Berlin Wall, East German football struggling – DW – 10/02/2025
East Germany's political collapse was mirrored in football, but a focus on youth brings hope for the future.
https://www.dw.com/en/35-years-after-berlin-wall-east-german-football-struggling/a-70715439
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7 months ago
35 years today, Germany was reunified.
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Where does Germany stand 35 years after reunification? – DW – 10/03/2025
There is still a wide gap between the former East and West Germany, even amongst young people who have only ever lived in a unified country. The new commissioner for eastern Germany attempts to explai...
https://www.dw.com/en/where-does-germany-stand-35-years-after-reunification/a-74218072
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Read a Stasi file this morning on an alleged case of rape between two men. The Stasi accused the apparent rapist of hypnotising the other man into a suggestive state of mind...
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East German Campers Keep Traditions Alive
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East German Campers Keep Traditions Alive
Former East Germany campers gather in Leipzigast twice a year to relive a shared past more than three decades after reunification.
https://www.considerable.com/east-german-campers-keep-traditions-alive/
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'Everything has changed here': East Side Gallery turns 35
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'Everything has changed here': East Side Gallery turns 35 – DW – 09/24/2025
Once a place for alternative lifestyles, now a monument surrounded by offices and luxury apartments: Few other places in Berlin symbolize change as much as the East Side Gallery.
https://www.dw.com/en/east-side-gallery-berlin-wall-gentrification-art/a-74122159
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8 months ago
My first ever post on Substack and this one is all about how I came to follow Dynamo Dresden. Hopefully the first of many football related article. Feel free to subscribe and donate.
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Making a Club Yours: The Real Romance of Football
From Newcastle to Dresden: Finding What a Club Really Means
https://open.substack.com/pub/kristian7ross/p/making-a-club-yours-the-real-romance?r=gz1mv&utm_medium=ios
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Berlin's Stasi Museum Offers Uncomfortable Lessons About Surveillance, State Coercion
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Berlin's Stasi Museum Offers Uncomfortable Lessons About Surveillance, State Coercion
The exhibits quickly bring home the vast scope of the Stasi's domestic spying. East Germany’s dictatorship would have loved how easily you can hide cameras and microphones now.
https://uk.pcmag.com/security/160078/berlins-stasi-museum-offers-uncomfortable-lessons-about-surveillance-state-coercion
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Why the legacy of East Germany’s prefab housing blocks is more relevant than ever
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Why the legacy of East Germany’s prefab housing blocks is more relevant than ever
Once considered progressive, then later derided, a new exhibition is exploring the developments’ place as part of a collective experience
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/06/why-the-legacy-of-east-germanys-prefab-housing-blocks-is-more-relevant-than-ever?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Why the legacy of East Germany’s prefab housing blocks is more relevant than ever
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Why the legacy of East Germany’s prefab housing blocks is more relevant than ever
Once considered progressive, then later derided, a new exhibition is exploring the developments’ place as part of a collective experience
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/06/why-the-legacy-of-east-germanys-prefab-housing-blocks-is-more-relevant-than-ever?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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East Germany's divisive Plattenbau back in spotlight
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East Germany's divisive Plattenbau back in spotlight – DW – 09/13/2025
A cheap way to manage the housing shortage in former GDR cities, the prefab concrete buildings were long derided for their monotony. Their cultural legacy is now being explored anew.
https://www.dw.com/en/east-germanys-plattenbau-divisive-architecture-in-the-spotlight/a-73930471
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8 months ago
Ich habe dieses Buch heute aus Rumänien geliefert bekommen.
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Berlin's memorial to victims of communism 'long overdue'
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Berlin's memorial to victims of communism 'long overdue' – DW – 08/24/2025
In 2019, the Bundestag voted to create a memorial for the victims of communism. Progress on the project has stalled, but there are now plans to move forward.
https://p.dw.com/p/4zMCh?maca=en-Twitter-sharing
8 months ago
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New book alert! 'Generation GDR'
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Bob Dylan – East Berlin 1987 Review
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Bob Dylan – East Berlin 1987 Review
A surprise performance in East Berlin showcases a surreal quality on stage from Bob Dylan during a time when his studio releases were below par.
https://cultfollowing.co.uk/2025/08/17/bob-dylan-east-berlin-1987-review/
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German contest to live in depopulated Soviet-era city proves global hit
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German contest to live in depopulated Soviet-era city proves global hit
Eisenhüttenstadt offered spacious central flats rent-free for two weeks in effort to attract valuable professionals
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/21/german-contest-to-live-in-depopulated-soviet-era-city-proves-global-hit?CMP=share_btn_url
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From my research: between 1983 and 1984, Mario Stiebitz killed four children, one adult, and planned the abductions and killings of a further twenty children in and around Neubrandenburg in the
#GDR
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Mario Stiebitz - Wikipedia
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History Today: When construction on the Berlin Wall began in 1961
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History Today: When construction on the Berlin Wall began in 1961
On this day in 1961, soldiers in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began construction on the Berlin Wall – separating the communists backed by the Soviet Union from the Federal Republic of...
https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/history-today-when-construction-on-the-berlin-wall-began-in-1961-13923692.html
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Rare Footage of British Soldiers in Cold War West Germany (1964)
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Rare Footage of British Soldiers in Cold War West Germany (1964)
YouTube video by ITN Archive
https://youtu.be/9oHpR-1u-xM?si=i6aOaHppFVG-xfbP
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‘Sibylle’: how East Germany produced its own ‘Vogue’ under socialism
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Sibylle: the East German vogue‑like fashion magazine
Sibylle was the GDR’s leading fashion and culture magazine (1956–1995), combining artful photography and sewing patterns under socialist constraints.
https://dangerousminds.net/history/sibylle-the-east-german-voguelike-fashion-magazine/
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Stasi: How the GDR kept its citizens under surveillance
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Stasi: How the GDR kept its citizens under surveillance – DW – 08/01/2025
Do all intelligence agents live like James Bond? Not those who worked for East Germany's Ministry for State Security (Stasi). A new book reveals the mundane lives of the agents.
https://www.dw.com/en/east-germany-spy-agency-stasi-surveillance/a-73491436
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