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Too Much Future – Punk in East Germany kaput-mag.com/stories_en/p...

Interesting longue durée analysis on the success of the AfD in Saxon Anhalt by an historian of East Germany. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

14 October 1963: marketing photo for the GDR's Wartburg cars

On 9 November, I will be introducing the film 'Fatherland' ('Vaterland') at Storyhouse in Chester. The film centres on the relationship between writer Thomas Mann and his daughter. In the summer of 1949,They embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins. www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/fat...

Episode 4 of #TheGrandTour is a must watch. There’s a wonderful segment in Berlin where James Engelsman talks about how the BMW Isetta was used by Klaus-Günter Jacobi (pictured) to smuggle his friend Manfred Koster from East to West in 1964. @ddronline.bsky.social Photos: Amazon

Germany marks 36 years of unity: Why was the country divided and how united is it today? www.euronews.com/2026/10/03/g...

History, Germany, populism and global polycrisis timothygartonash.substack.com/p/history-ge...

'German reunification: Why being East German matters again' amp.dw.com/en/german-re...

'Who's afraid of the Stasi?' An article by myself published a few years ago in History Today www.historytoday.com/archive/behi...

"Arbeiten für den Frieden" (Working for Peace), by Walter Womacka, 1965 📍 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

Just seen this advertised!

East Germans who experienced repression during the GDR show higher distress and systemic inflammation, study finds www.psypost.org/east-germans...

Cold War espionage added $4.6 billion to East Germany’s economy www.popsci.com/technology/c...

How growing up in East Germany affected cognitive health in later life www.psypost.org/how-growing-...

'I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Shades of East Berlin at Sefton Park in Liverpool today. Wonder what's going on here.

I spoke to four young western Germans today - the oldest 23 - about Sachsen-Anhalt and the election result. The responses - 'Stop giving them money!', 'Idiots!', 'they are all backwards over there' - shocked me, I must admit

Sad and frightening times for my friends in Magdeburg.

Fifty years ago this week, Oskar Brüsewitz publicly set himself on fire in Zeitz to protest against the SED regime in the GDR. Brüsewitz died of his injuries. www.mdr.de/religion/bru...

We're also on the 'gram if that's more your thing ;) www.instagram.com/ostmosaik?ig...

How Britain saw the Berlin Wall go up www.history.co.uk/articles/how...

Officials warn against East Germany nostalgia on Berlin Wall anniversary www.thelocal.de/20260813/off...

Germany commemorates the construction of the Berlin Wall 65 years ago www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...

#DEFAcember 46 for #DEFAsommer: The last two films on the "DEFA Fairy Tales" set from @deafcrocodile.bsky.social are from the late 1970s, and the first of them is "The Devil's Three Golden Hairs" (1977), based on a Grimm fairy tale better known in Germany than in English-speaking countries.

Blu-ray Review: DEFA Fairy Tales insidepulse.com/2026/08/10/b...

Is Germany's pension reform reopening the East-West divide? www.dw.com/en/dwcom-ber...

'East Germany’s Jetliner Killed Itself on Flight Two' migflug.com/jetflights/b...

Today I finished writing the chapters of my book on crime in the #GDR - need to write conclusion, tidy things up, and the first draft is done. It's taken over ten years! When I started, we were still in the EU, Trump hadn't been near the Oval Office, and Liverpool hadn't won the league since 1990!

While I was off, my colleagues put up some boards from an old #GDR photo exhibition around our department. This guy greets me every time I come out of my office.

Born in the former East Germany, I was caught between two systems. But it’s a mistake to think of the ‘in-between’ as life’s waiting room www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A true miracle that this Trabant has made it from Rostock to Watford. Photo credit: The Watford Way (Facebook) @ddronline.bsky.social

Regionalliga Nordost side VSG Altglienicke will be sponsored by every Berliners favourite museum for the 26/27 season… @ddronline.bsky.social

Found a photo from a long-forgotten research trip to Magdeburg. I now remember I took a walk round the Soviet military cemetery there.

East German anthem heard at right-wing AfD event ahead of election www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

East-West border death zone now Germany's biodiversity oasis amp.dw.com/en/east-west...

Promoting language learning at a schools fair at uni today - could only find this in my office in German colours for our stall !

Former Soviet spy Dieter Gerhardt dies at 90 www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

East German doping victims still lack adequate support www.dw.com/en/east-germ...

BBC News - How population decline is exposing Germany's old divides www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

DEFA film review: Trace of Stones www.filmreviewdaily.com/news-and-fea...

Goodbye Lenin, Hello Lennon faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-beatles-...

East German DEFA's Classic Fairytales To Debut in UK as Eureka Release INTO THE FOREST: FOLKTALES AT DEFA on Blu-Ray horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2026/07/east...

‘We were broke, but fascinated by freedom’: exhibition showcases East German artist Gabriele Stötzer www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Really enjoyed presenting at the University of Chester's 'Festival of Ideas' today with Dr Stef Kerrigan. We talked about our project that brings together History, Languages, and Drama.

As a historian interested in historical memory and memorialisation, there are some things in my office that I think must make people wonder about me... like this fridge magnet and postcard.

On Thursday, a colleague and I will be talking about the play 'Monika Haeger - Inside Stasi' at Chester's Storyhouse. Details here - festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/inside... @coldwarpod.bsky.social

Hello Everyone, I will be back in work soon after six months away and I hope to start posting again here soon :-)

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 😃

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.

An East German handmixer is winning hearts in kitchens nationwide www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...