German Journeys Part 17: Art in East Germany northeastbylines.co.uk/german-journ...
German Journeys is based on a true story. Featuring as persona Alec in this series, the author writes about their cultural exploration of Germany as a narrative based on true events
Wolf Biermann: The musician who shook the Berlin Wall faroutmagazine.co.uk/wolf-bierman...
Revisiting Wolf Biermann and his 1976 concert in Cologne, which led to his expatriation from East Germany and a chain reaction that led to the fall of the wall.
The story of the USAF RB-66 shot down by Soviet MiG-19s after it strayed into East German airspace theaviationgeekclub.com?p=55455
The story of the USAF RB-66 electronic reconnaissance aircraft shot down by Soviet MiG-19s after it strayed into East German airspace
In 1970, a young couple desperate to escape the #GDRwww.welt.de/geschichte/a...
Am 10. März 1970 entführten Eckhard und Christel Wehage nach dem Start in Berlin-Schönefeld eine kleine Linienmaschine der Interflug, der Fluggesellschaft der DDR. Sie wollten in den Westen flücht...
Retro art comes in from the cold: Berlin exhibit lifts Iron Curtain www.opumo.com/magazine/ret...
Interesting piece from @thevieweast blog: 'Fearsome or Futile? The Limitations of Stasi Surveillance in East Germany' thevieweast.wordpress.com/tag/stasi/
Posts about Stasi written by kellyhignett
Looks interesting! 'Out of the Darkness The Germans, 1942-2022' by Frank Trentmann penguin.co.uk/books/305267/o…
A Telegraph Book of the Year A groundbreaking new history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German ...