Die DDR ist nachhal(l)tig. Eine Streitschrift zur Ostidentität

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With Ellen Händler and Uta Mitsching-Viertel

East Germans have their own identity. This insight is based on over 80 narrative interviews conducted by the two authors - in which women and men report on their lives in the GDR and the FRG. In this volume, they evaluate these life stories. From the understanding of democracy, education and work in the East, to career breaks after reunification and the image of the family, they paint a convincing mosaic of typical Eastern life. They show what makes people in the East special and how experiences under socialism continue to have an impact today. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand East Germany.

Uta Mitsching-Viertel & Ellen Händler, both born in 1948, grew up in the GDR, started families and began their careers there. Uta Mitsching-Viertel, who holds a doctorate in political science, worked in various publishing houses and for GDR television; after reunification, she worked in the public administration of a federal ministry. Ellen Händler, who holds a doctorate in sociology, worked in the Office for Youth Affairs and in the GDR Council of Ministers; after reunification she worked in the Federal Office for Property Issues and as a press spokeswoman. Previous publications: Unheard-of Eastern Women (2019); Problem Zone Eastern Man (2021)

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Admission: 4,- | 2,- Euro reduced