East Germany

Available for over a year

Katja Hoyer and Karen Leeder join Anne McElvoy to discuss new histories of East Germany, stories depicting life in the state which have recently been translated into English as well as a recently translated edition of Uwe Wittstock's February 1933. Plus, Emily Oliver on the history of BBC German service and Elizabeth Ward is beginning a research project on the cinema of East Germany and its involvement in International Film Festivals. Katja Hoyer's book is called Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 Professor Karen Leeder has been reading February 1933, a new translated work by one Germany’s leading contemporary writers, Uwe Wittstock Producer: Ruth Watts You can find other conversations about German culture and history available on BBC Sounds and as the Arts & Ideas podcast New angles on post-war Germany and Austria: Florian Huber, Sophie Hardach, Adam Scovell and Tom Smith https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006sjx Cuba, cold war and RAF Fylingdales: Ian McEwan's novel sets a relationship against the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis and the fall of the wall in Berlin plus new research https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001c05p The 1920s - Philosophy's Golden Age Wittgenstein changed his mind, Heidegger revolutionised philosophy (and the German language), and both the Frankfurt School and the Vienna Circle were in full swing. Matthew Sweet is joined by Wolfram Eilenberger, David Edmonds and Esther Leslie. Plus, a report on the plight of the Lukacs Archive in Budapest https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q380 Walls: Novelist John Lanchester, journalist Tim Marshall and historians David Frye and Kylie Murray https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002150