East Germany

The Lost World of Communism (Part 1)

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Duration: 59:26
Updated: 19 Aug 2013

BBC: The Lost World of Communism (Part 1). For more on the series, see http://hauntingeurope.com/2011/10/the-lost-world-of-communism/ For more on communist-e...

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That Was the GDR - A History of the Other Germany 1 of 7 - I Was a Citizen of the GDR

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Duration: 89:11
Updated: 20 Aug 2013

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"Walled In!" Germany's inner border

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Duration: 10:40
Updated: 30 Jun 2009

more: http://www.dw-world.de/english For 28 years, a nearly insurmountable barrier kept people from fleeing East Germany. But then, the dramatic night of November 9, 1989, saw the fall of the Wall that divided Germany. Today, it is difficult to imagine what was bitter reality just a few decades ago. For the first time, a realistic computer animation reveals the vast security system of Germany's inner border and the Berlin Wall, both of which were recreated virtually in the greatest detail. The animation is part of the DVD "Walled in! What the Cold War frontier in divided Germany was really like" which can be purchased at DW's online store http://store.dw-world.de.

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Farewell to the West - A growing number of East Germans are returning home | People & Politics

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Duration: 4:40
Updated: 29 Jul 2013

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, many people in East Germany headed west in search of work, wealth and a better life. An increasing number are now returnin...

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Doping Scandal of East Germany in the 1970s

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Duration: 53:36
Updated: 13 Aug 2013

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People & Politics | Ostalgia Many Eastern Germans Still Mourn the Demise of Communist East Germany

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Duration: 5:50
Updated: 18 Aug 2013

20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall,many eastern Germans still look back nostalgically on the old communist system. About half the eastern Germans ask...

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Talk with Roland Jahn, Head of the Stasi Archives | Talking Germany

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Duration: 39:04
Updated: 09 Aug 2013

Roland Jahn has a background in broadcast journalism and since March 2011 he has been head of the German government's caretaker agency for East German Stasi ...

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The fall of GDR - East Germany

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Duration: 9:16
Updated: 17 Aug 2013

November 1989, footage of the events as they were happening at the time. Commentary from Professor David Childs.

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1958 East Germany Commercial

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Duration: 2:19
Updated: 19 Aug 2013

1958 film from former East Germany is a mix of propaganda and advertising: the first half film praises the general progress achieved during 1958, the second ...

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The East German refugee and the border guard | 20 years after the fall of the wall

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Duration: 6:34
Updated: 16 Aug 2013

Bernhard Fey was badly injured trying to escape across the border in 1975. The border guard Lehmann was on duty that day. What almost cost Fey his life is fo...

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East Germany propaganda- East Berlin 1950

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Duration: 15:00
Updated: 17 Aug 2013

meeting of the FDJ the youth movement of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)

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Visiting Leipzig, East-Germany in 1959

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Duration: 5:56
Updated: 05 Jul 2013

A visit by an American couple to the East German city of Leipzig, still under communist rule and recovering from war damage. Then they took a plane to freedo...

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Life behind the Berlin Wall

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Duration: 9:28
Updated: 13 Aug 2013

Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker discusses 40 years spent chronicling life in strange, sad, vicious and sometimes hilarious East Berlin. Added to www.audio...

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The Fall of the Berlin Wall (PART 1) - East Germany opens the gates (BBC News 9th November 1989 )

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Duration: 6:26
Updated: 20 Aug 2013

On 9 November 1989, East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for its gates to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points of the b...

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People & Power - Germany's records of repression

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Duration: 25:05
Updated: 16 Aug 2013

Fifty years after the Berlin Wall was erected, the spectre of the Stasi continues to loom over Germany.

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Stalisland - Germany

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Duration: 22:34
Updated: 09 Aug 2013

ecember 2006 Everyone knows about the Nazis camps of Auschwitz and Dachau. But few are aware of the systemic oppression that went on under the Stasis. Now so...

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Auferstanden aus Ruinen (DDR/East Germany) ThDubya

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Duration: 1:54
Updated: 01 Sep 2013

Auferstanden aus Ruinen (German for "Risen from Ruins") was the national anthem of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), commonly known as East Germany, during its existence from 1949 to 1990. The lyrics were written by the poet Johannes R. Becher (who later became Minister of Culture). Two musicians proposed music to Becher's lyrics, and the version of Hanns Eisler was selected. Written in 1949, the anthem reflects the early stages of German separation, in which continuing progress towards reunification of the occupation zones was seen by most Germans as appropriate and natural. Consequently, Becher's lyrics develop several connotations of "unity" and combine them with "fatherland", meaning Germany as a whole. However, this concept soon would not conform to an increasingly icy Cold War context. Note: I have not added monetization for this video, and won't ever add it to any of my videos, since it's so annoying with the popup, and I'm not exactly at that level where I can actually earn anything from my 800 daily views (more or less). The ad was added automatically due to a suspected copyright claim on the orchestration.

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[40 Jahre DDR] 40 Years of GDR, Military Parade - Full Ceremony

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Duration: 45:46
Updated: 19 Aug 2013

The last parade of the Armed Forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), conducted in 1989, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the republi...

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East German Propaganda

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Duration: 2:35
Updated: 01 Jul 2013

IF YOU LIKE THIS SUBSCRIBE- Made by Socialist63, and not by me! This is a video of some propaganda from East Germany, with the instrumental version of their ...

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