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Home / Podcasts / Themes / Life in East Germany and the collapse of the GDR

Life in East Germany and the collapse of the GDR

Modern German History

By Dr Hester Vaizey, published 20th July 2021
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In this podcast Dr Hester Vaizey looks at what life was like for East Germans and also examines what led to the collapse of the GDR and the impact of reunification.

1. GDR Social and Welfare initiatives. The role and status of women.
2. Propaganda, repression and the Stasi.
3. After the Stasi: Truth and Justice.
4. What levels of popular support were there for the GDR?
5. What influence did Western culture have on East Germany?
6. The GDR economy and Glasnost in the 1980s.
7. Religion in the GDR.
8. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the GDR and reunification.
9. How was the process of reunification? How did German's see it today?


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