GDR – People's World

What qualifies one as a U.S. patriot?

July 5, 2023 By Victor Grossman

A man who deserted the U.S. Army to live in a communist country gives us his answer.

East German author Katja Oskamp wins Dublin Literary Award with ‘Marzahn, Mon Amour’

June 1, 2023 By Jenny Farrell

Oskamp writes with understanding and compassion, preserving and enacting the sense of solidarity and community that was a feature of GDR society.

Hans Modrow, 1928-2023: Son of the German Democratic Republic

February 22, 2023 By Keith Barlow

The man who oversaw the peaceful yet tragic end to state socialism in the east, then stayed to fight for the working class in the newly unified Germany, passed away on February 10, aged 95.

Bertolt Brecht (and me)

February 13, 2023 By Victor Grossman

Regardless of his sometimes sharp but always constructive criticism, Brecht supported the GDR attempt to build a socialist state in Germany with all his heart.

Will it be the Kaiser’s ghost or a peace policy that prevails in Germany?

August 11, 2021 By Victor Grossman

That seems to be the big unanswered question on this, the 60th anniversary, of the Berlin Wall.