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East Germany

Anne McElvoy hears about a new history of East Germany and why we need to dismantle the old clichΓ©s about the DDR

Katja Hoyer and Karen Leeder join Anne McElvoy to discuss new histories of East Germany, stories depicting life in the state which have recently been translated into English as well as a recently translated edition of Uwe Wittstock's February 1933. Plus, Emily Oliver on the history of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ German service and Elizabeth Ward is beginning a research project on the cinema of East Germany and its involvement in International Film Festivals.

Katja Hoyer's book is called Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
Professor Karen Leeder has been reading February 1933, a new translated work by one Germany’s leading contemporary writers, Uwe Wittstock

Producer: Ruth Watts

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