Ned Richardson-Little
@historyned
Historian of international crime, international law, human rights and the illiberal right in Germany at ZZF Potsdam. Also teaching at FU Berlin. he/him. Latest book:
How to solve the daylight savings time dilemma: universal Ethiopian clocks
Or the possibly apocryphal quote from Alexandre Ledru-Rollin
Berlin, divided by the Wall (as imagined by my kid with a pile of magnet tiles)
It turns out that historical symbolism pedantry is actually useful!
Chart from West German customs detailing the "new" problem of narcotics in 1970 breaking down the statistical involvement of foreigners (with US-Americans well in the lead).
Just living that crazy Berlin alternative lifestyle on a Friday night by making an off brand Lego Fernsehturm with my daughter.
it's Polish. Lots of different eagles in East Central Europe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of...
Some more East German film posters for western import movies:
Teaching on imported Western culture in East Germany today, so here are some GDR film poster interpretations of Hollywood blockbusters:
Everyday people are posting about the death of media and then you go to an airport magazine shop and you get a glimpse of the publications that are still economically viable.
Me when the French national anthem comes on at the start of a World Cup match
It’s interesting to see which European leaders are breaking towards “Trump is cooked” while others are still trying to win him over with sycophancy.
See also the Conservative Reform Alliance Party which was rapidly renamed…
Say what you will about the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, but at least that massively humiliating diplomatic agreement was professionally translated.
Enjoying that no one in my office World Cup pool got any points from the Spain-Cabo Verde match.
The idea that West Germans have lost their culture and become Americans is a far right talking point since the 1950s. What is new in the past fifteen years is the construction of the ex-GDR as an authentic Germany that was preserved from depredations of Westernization under the aspic of communism