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Schwifty
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While I was in Berlin, I met a British tour guide who referenced this specific book as a great introduction to the advent and dissolution of East Germany or the German Democratic Republic. Funny enough, I was already reading it. Hoyer does a particularly nice job with the format relating individual experiences of citizens of various locales, backgrounds, industries, dissenters and true believers and builds the historical narrative off this device.

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Anna40
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The concise history of the GDR covers the time leading up to the building of the Wall and ending in 1990. Hoyer aims to show the reader what life in the GDR was like - including welfare state, home and family, popular culture and foreign relations -while also focusing on key figures such as Walter Ulbricht, Erich Honecker and head of Stasi, Erich Mielke. When it comes to women‘s equality, the GDR was one step ahead of the west: women were working

Anna40 full time because they could: there was childcare and there was work and education. But sadly no socialist ideology has ever succeeded and the oppression of political opposition was ruthless. Highly recommended. 2w
JulietteReadsALot You're always reading interesting books 📚📚📚 Love your reviews! 2w
Anna40 Thanks @JulietteReadsALot I love your reviews and book selections too! 😊💕 2w
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Dilara
Le monde nazi: 1919-1945 | Johann Chapoutot, Christian Ingrao, Nicolas Patin
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Halfway through this serious overview of nazism & terrified by the parallels that can be drawn between today & the 30s. On AH's bday, let's remember that he was a good public speaker, but a lazy, incompetent statesman w/ a short attention span who relied on a handful of high-ups + everyday Germans as part of an organic whole. They figured out what needed doing to reach the goals he had set out, then carried it out independently & zealously.

Kitta Just finished reading a book about Nazi occupied France and was thinking the same about the parallels. 1mo
Dilara @Kitta It is uncanny, isn't it... 1mo
IriDas They are literally going by the book. And the people in power who claim to oppose them are silent. 😠 3w
Dilara @IriDas Yes. The silence is deafening. 3w
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kspenmoll
Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature | Alison Hokanson , Joanna Sheers Seidenstein
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Yesterday my son & I enjoyed another #makingmemories day in NYC.The cold,damp,& rain did not deter us! We took a 6:10 a.m. Amtrak train to the Metro North line which let us out at Grand Central Station.Breakfast for me was 2 mini bacon quiches & Starbucks coffee. Perfect start to my day! The MET exhibit was truly breathtaking. I love how the drawings, etchings, & oil paintings took us through Friedrich‘s artistic & spiritual life chronologically.

TheBookHippie Love love love !!!! 1mo
Kitta The Met is one of my favourite things about living in NYC! 1mo
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 1mo
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kspenmoll @Kitta Lucky you! Is it free because you live in NYC? 1mo
Kitta @kspenmoll yes! Just need to bring proof you live here. 1mo
kspenmoll @Kitta What an amazing benefit of city living!!! I am so happy we are just 2 train rides away! (edited) 1mo
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lil1inblue
Winter Games | Rachel Johnson
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#wintergames2024 check-in: 675 points for #xmaschacha

The second half of the month will be better. 🥰

StayCurious You're doing great! 5mo
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vonnie862
Winter Games | Rachel Johnson
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LiseWorks Great! 5mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 5mo
PaperbackPirate Wow! 👏 5mo
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AnnCrystal “nice dumb people“ 🧐🤔... 5mo
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Jerdencon
Winter Games | Rachel Johnson
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LiseWorks Good for you 6mo
StayCurious Wow!! 6mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 6mo
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