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Katja Hoyer on East Germany Then and Now

Katja Hoyer on East Germany Then and Now

The Good Fight

May 21, 20251h 2m

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Show Notes

Katja Hoyer is a visiting Research Fellow at King's College London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and is the author of Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire, 1871–1918 and Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-1990.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Katja Hoyer discuss life in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), how it is remembered today—and whether the Wall still has an impact on German politics today.

Podcast production by Mickey Freeland and Leonora Barclay.

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