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 hundreds...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn,
[2020].
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-314) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781789206555 1789206553 |