Generation GDR

Generation GDR is a historical detective story about the tragic death of one young East German in 1981 but also much more than that. It shows how the socialist dictatorship destroyed its own future by destroying its youth. An important counterweight to the rose-tinted nostalgia for the GDR – Frank Trentmann, author of Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942–2022.
An awe-inspiring book * ZDF Heute *
Wensierski’s descriptions infuse his book with haunting authenticity * Die Welt *
The concept of the book is on point, and it’s a terrific read. It is breathtaking. […] Wensierski’s book will be the benchmark for any future work on the subject * MDR Kultur *
A stunning book about trying to be free in the harsh reality of East Germany. We follow the tragic and touching jorney of the young political activist Matz Domaschk from his dream of freedom for all to an urn numbered 73909. – Andrey Kurkov
An intimate portrait of Matz’s search for personal freedom … Generation GDR delivers a powerful warning from history * Telegraph *

Peter Wensierski is a German author, journalist and documentary filmmaker who has worked for the news magazine Spiegel since 1993. Prior to this, he was a correspondent for the Protestant press service EPD in the German Democratic Republic publishing numerous reports, books and documentaries about the opposition movement in the churches, among young people and in artistic and intellectual circles across the state. In 1985, the government of the German Democratic Republic imposed a work and entry ban on him.

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