How the Wall Fell
The Berlin Wall’s fall sparked dreams of a radically democratic East Germany. Unemployment and privatization followed instead.
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.
The Berlin Wall’s fall sparked dreams of a radically democratic East Germany. Unemployment and privatization followed instead.