Remembering East Germany

Remembering East Germany
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Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 166780748X
ISBN-13 : 9781667807485
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Book Synopsis Remembering East Germany by : Richard A. Zipser

Download or read book Remembering East Germany written by Richard A. Zipser and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2021-12-29 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remembering East Germany is a memoir focused on experiences Richard A. Zipser had while travelling and doing research in communist East Germany during the 1970s and 1980s. The memoir is based primarily on a 396-page file the East German secret police--the Stasi--compiled on him with the help of at least ten informants over a twelve-year period. The reports in the file provide a kind of factual foundation for the memoir, as do reports about Zipser found in the Stasi-files of other persons, various printed materials, letters he wrote and received, and some memories as well. After the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and German reunification in 1990, Zipser was able to obtain a copy of his Stasi-file, a process that took seven years from beginning to end. His memoir provides unique insights into a society and literary scene that no other Westerner was able to experience so intensely. It reflects, on several levels, how he experienced communist East Germany and how it in turn experienced him. This fascinating book transports its readers back in time to the chilling Cold War days of yesteryear.

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