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    • 10 Ratings
    • 1223 Views
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    Stasi hunter chosen as new President of Germany

    FEBRUARY 20, 2012 10:10AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: gdr, east germany, stasi, politics, europe, angela merkel, christian wulff, joachim gauck, berlin, germany

    • 1 Ratings
    • 606 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Interview with German thriller author Tom Sneyders

    JANUARY 27, 2012 7:40AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: e-publishing, e-books, 9/11, tsunami, war, africa, stasi, berlin, east germany, writing, fiction, literature

    • 2 Ratings
    • 765 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Reluctant dissident: On the death of Christa Wolf

    DECEMBER 1, 2011 3:00PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: christa wolf, germany, east germany, gdr, stasi, wolfgang thierse, marcel reich-ranicki, literature, cold war, berlin

    • 4 Ratings
    • 2076 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Assange and Co.: A brief history of "honey traps"

    DECEMBER 6, 2010 12:01PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: markus wolf, east germany, cold war, mata hari, entrapment, sex, honeypots, honey traps, wikileaks, julian assange

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 815 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    Memories of East Berlin

    OCTOBER 19, 2010 8:35PM

    By AustinCynic


    Topics: alaska senate race, politics, joe miller, cold war, berlin wall, berlin, east germany, germany

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 2021 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Berlin Wall returns - as a "serious" computer game

    OCTOBER 4, 2010 7:00AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: berlin, berlin wall, germany, east germany, gdr, cold war, communism, inner-german border

    • 0 Ratings
    • 300 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Lessons from the East German Stasi

    JULY 28, 2010 10:56PM

    By Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall


    Topics: webster tarpley, washington post, students for a democratic society, stasi, single payer, secret police, physicians for a national health program, pacific rim single payer summit, left gatekeepers, gray panthers, ford foundation, east germany, dana priest, cointelpro, civil liberties, cia fronts, cia domestic spying, anti-war movement, anti-gulf war coalition

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2374 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Adventures in PC: Are East Germans an "ethnic group"?

    APRIL 16, 2010 7:43AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: germany, east germany, berlin, stuttgart, political correctness, civil rights, equality, politics, history, communism, cold war

    • 3 Ratings
    • 710 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Has it been Twenty Years?

    NOVEMBER 9, 2009 4:27PM

    By Kenny1948


    Topics: berlin wall, gorbachev, reagan, tear down this wall, east berlin, gdr, east germany

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 5738 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    My escape from East Berlin

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 6:51AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: communism, gdr, east germany, fall of the berlin wall, berlin wall, berlin, east berlin, cold war, ernst thälmann

    • 6 Ratings
    • 3631 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    "We are the People!" How Leipzig launched a revolution

    OCTOBER 12, 2009 7:06AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: berlin, germany, east germany, gdr, history, friedliche revolution, egon krenz, erich honecker, cold war, communism, 1989, revolution, leipzig

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 4030 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Freedom Day: Prague, September 30, 1989

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 6:35AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: history, cold war, prague, gdr, east germany, berlin, communism, freedom, democracy, genscher, 1989, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 3499 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    In search of a better Germany – east of the Berlin Wall

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 6:31AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: history, ralph giordano, wolf biermann, cold war, berlin wall, berlin, germany, east germany

    • 1 Ratings
    • 5796 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    East German doping scandal refuses to die

    AUGUST 19, 2009 9:42AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: stasi, east germany, athletics, olympics, doping, sports

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 25000 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Michael Jackson targeted by the Stasi

    JULY 30, 2009 9:11AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: music, cold war, berlin, east germany, stasi, michael jackson

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 6949 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Why I hate "The Lives of Others"

    JULY 23, 2009 12:51PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: communism, berlin, east germany, germany, movies

    • Editor's Pick
    • 57 Ratings
    • 21671 Views
    • 80 Comments
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    A Condom Saved Me From Prison in East Germany

    MARCH 26, 2009 4:32PM

    By Procopius


    Topics: east germany, true story, condom, stupidity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 4032 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    How I escaped from East Berlin

    MARCH 10, 2009 2:59PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: east germany, soviet, communism, berlin wall, socialism, revolution, 1989, east berlin, berlin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 641 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Smuggling Music and Sex Education

    NOVEMBER 19, 2008 8:36AM

    By Lex


    Topics: germany, east germany, music, magazines, pop culture, history, europe, politics, open call

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1731 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Commie Kitsch - The DDR Show

    JUNE 4, 2008 12:50AM

    By RetroDaddy


    Topics: television, ddr show, katarina witt, east germany, sots art

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