Katja Hoyer
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Guben, Germany
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“The last diplomatic crisis had been all too recent. A month earlier, a West German man, who had travelled through the GDR, had died of a heart attack when questioned by border guards in a barrack in Drewitz, Saxony-Anhalt. As such, this was nothing out of the ordinary. The psychological pressure that East German border guards deliberately built up during questioning proved too much for an estimated 350 people in total who died of heart failure at inner-German checkpoints.”
― Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
― Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
“From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on rental costs while a similar household in the East only needed 4.4 percent.”
― Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
― Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
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