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tadici's review against another edition
4.0
An excellent overview over the DDR that paints an actually balanced picture of it with its successes and its shortcomings.
Having grown up in what used to be West Germany I obviously had a incredibly one-sided view thrust upon me in school and actually any time the DDR was talked about at all in my life. This really is a great starting point to learn more about it.
P.S.: The book goes also into the eventual integration of the DDR into the FRG and, as always, reading about capitalist restoration is absolutely tragic. Fuck the CDU all the way to hell.
Having grown up in what used to be West Germany I obviously had a incredibly one-sided view thrust upon me in school and actually any time the DDR was talked about at all in my life. This really is a great starting point to learn more about it.
P.S.: The book goes also into the eventual integration of the DDR into the FRG and, as always, reading about capitalist restoration is absolutely tragic. Fuck the CDU all the way to hell.
pdfguy's review
2.5
Interesting book, whose thesis I think is generally correct (definitely more so than western consensus on the DDR). Unfortunately the book lacks the structure or rigor to properly attack the propaganda that it is aimed against. It reads more like a personal essay collection than a comprehensive look at a previous world.
emmsdingen's review
4.0
very informative and a pleasure to read. really highlights the positive things the gdr did for its people from housing, education, culture to health care. as someone living in western europe it really showed me again what's possible when a government focusses on its citizens wellbeing. the information about frg and how nazi's were left unpunished and could even rejoin the government was really informative.
wish it wouldve gotten more into the reasons why the party was disconnected from the people to take some lessons from it. would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about society in the gdr.
wish it wouldve gotten more into the reasons why the party was disconnected from the people to take some lessons from it. would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about society in the gdr.
jakepasseri's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
A good critical review of the GDR