Friendship without borders: women's stories of power, politics, and everyday life across East and West Germany

"Across half a century, from the division of Germany through the end of the Cold War, a cohort of thirty women from the small German town of Schönebeck in what used to be the GDR circulated among themselves a remarkable collective archive of their lives: a Rundbrief, or bulletin, containing hun...

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1. Verfasser: Leask, Phil 1947- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Berghahn 2020
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Zusammenfassung:"Across half a century, from the division of Germany through the end of the Cold War, a cohort of thirty women from the small German town of Schönebeck in what used to be the GDR circulated among themselves a remarkable collective archive of their lives: a Rundbrief, or bulletin, containing hundreds of letters and photographs. This book draws on that unprecedented resource, complemented by a set of interviews, to paint a rich portrait of "ordinary" life in postwar Germany. It shows how these women--whether reflecting on their experiences as Nazi-era schoolchildren or witnessing reunification--were united by their complex interactions with official power and their commitment to sustaining a shared German identity as they made the most of their everyday lives in both the GDR and the Federal Republic"--
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 326 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:1789206561
9781789206562

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