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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

    • 2 Ratings
    • 763 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

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    • 2 Ratings
    • 2017 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

    • 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

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    • 16 Ratings
    • 5735 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

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 4029 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

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