Monday 1 July 2024

Communist East Berlin















 'Unemployment barely existed. Housing was universally available and relatively cheap. Abundant, accessible childcare allowed women to enter the workforce at a higher rate than in any other country in the world. 

'As Erika Krüger, one of the workers Hoyer interviewed, recalled, life in the 1970s and 80s was “quite happy”: “We worked, received our regular wages as well as bonuses for hard work. We got by and had nothing to worry about.”'

29 Mar 2023 — Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer review 
– overturning cliches of East Germany | History books
 | The Guardian.
2 Apr 2023 — This revisionist history of East Germany 
paints a picture of a land that catered for its people's needs – 
albeit while subjecting them to ...

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