Recognized historian, Katja Hoyer offers a new, multidimensional vision of East Germany, a country that has now disappeared. Starting from the bitter experiences of German Marxists who were expelled by Hitler, she traces the path of the state they created, initially under Stalin's watch, and then with an increasingly German approach. From the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to the robust economy of the 1970s and the erosion of socialism in the mid-1980s, Hoyer argues that, despite the oppression and frequent hardships, East Germany had a rich political, social, and cultural space, a place much more dynamic than the simplistic image often projected in the West.

Created based on a rich collection of interviews, letters, and previously unpublished records, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, the one that exists beyond the wall.

• Pages: 496
• Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm