Berlin Episode 09 In Search of East Berlin

What has happened to the GDR (German Democratic Republic), the country which was created when the Berlin Wall went up and which then disappeared when it came down? What was life in East Berlin like between August 1961 and November 1989? And where in today’s Berlin can you find out all about it?  Here are three museum suggestions, plus a little of what they tell us. Reading suggestions for this post Red Love by Maxim Leo Stasiland by Anna Funder The House by the Lake by Thomas Harding Film suggestions The Lives of Others Goodbye, Lenin Useful links   The DDR Museum The Stasi Museum Hohenschonhausen Museum and Memorial Berlin Tourist Information Centres Inspiring Germany Tourist Information City Breaks: all the history and culture you'd research for yourself if you had the time! Check our website to find more episodes from our Berlin series or to browse our back catalogue of other cities which are well worth visiting: https://citybreakspodcast.co.uk/ We love to receive your comments and suggestions!  You can e mail us at [email protected] And if you like what you hear, please do post comments or a review wherever you downloaded this episode.  That would be very much appreciated!   

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