How the Wall Fell
The Berlin Wall’s fall sparked dreams of a radically democratic East Germany. Unemployment and privatization followed instead.
1 Article by: Bernd Gehrke
Bernd Gehrke was raised in East Berlin and was a member of East Germany’s left opposition, co-founding the United Left and the Green League in 1989. In 2013 he edited the anthology Was tun mit Kommunismus?! with Anne Seeck and Ralf Landmesser.