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Posts about East Germany by Dr Richard Millington. Liverpool, UK. All opinions my own. 🇩🇪🇪🇺🇬🇧
New book alert! 'Generation GDR' guardianbookshop.com/generation-g...
August 26, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New book alert! 'Generation GDR' guardianbookshop.com/generation-g...
Facebook tells me I was in Magdeburg 17 years ago today, and visited the Soviet cemetery there.
July 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Facebook tells me I was in Magdeburg 17 years ago today, and visited the Soviet cemetery there.
History Today's new special on The Cold War includes my article on murder in East Germany.
July 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
History Today's new special on The Cold War includes my article on murder in East Germany.
Spent a nice Friday afternoon talking about murder in East Germany at Chester Town Hall as part of the University of Chester's #FestivalOfIdeas.#ChesterIdeas
July 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Spent a nice Friday afternoon talking about murder in East Germany at Chester Town Hall as part of the University of Chester's #FestivalOfIdeas.#ChesterIdeas
Thanks to @historyned.bsky.social for loaning me this #GDR police handbook on how to investigate 'unnatural deaths' for my crime research.
July 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Thanks to @historyned.bsky.social for loaning me this #GDR police handbook on how to investigate 'unnatural deaths' for my crime research.
#OTD in 1953, the SED's New Course was announced in its newspaper Neues Deutschland. Reports on the mood of the population at the time show that the Party's admission of its mistakes was regarded as a declaration of political bankruptcy. Six days later, mass protests broke out.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
#OTD in 1953, the SED's New Course was announced in its newspaper Neues Deutschland. Reports on the mood of the population at the time show that the Party's admission of its mistakes was regarded as a declaration of political bankruptcy. Six days later, mass protests broke out.
First draft of a chapter for an edited volume on crime fiction under communism sent off today 😌😃
June 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
First draft of a chapter for an edited volume on crime fiction under communism sent off today 😌😃
Cards like this from students make a big difference!
April 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Cards like this from students make a big difference!
If only I could go back to my 90s teenage self and tell him Liverpool will be champions again, and Man Utd will be utter shite! 😂
April 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If only I could go back to my 90s teenage self and tell him Liverpool will be champions again, and Man Utd will be utter shite! 😂
About 12 years ago, I was stunned one day to open my living room curtains and find this parked opposite my house in Liverpool. It was gone the next day, never to return.
April 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
About 12 years ago, I was stunned one day to open my living room curtains and find this parked opposite my house in Liverpool. It was gone the next day, never to return.
Last class of my crime histories module today, and it's finally the GDR's turn !
April 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Last class of my crime histories module today, and it's finally the GDR's turn !
Lectured in a cinema room at uni yesterday. All the students sat on the back row. Had to tell them to move down a few rows as I was getting a stiff neck looking up at them 🤣
April 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Lectured in a cinema room at uni yesterday. All the students sat on the back row. Had to tell them to move down a few rows as I was getting a stiff neck looking up at them 🤣
Can't help singing When Will I See You Again? When I find old Bundesarchiv pencils in my office 🤣😒
April 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Can't help singing When Will I See You Again? When I find old Bundesarchiv pencils in my office 🤣😒
AfD in blue clearly strongest party in the former GDR states.
February 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
AfD in blue clearly strongest party in the former GDR states.
Following my post a few days ago about East German Lonely Hearts ads from the 1950s, here is a representative sample of ones for the mid-1980s!
February 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Following my post a few days ago about East German Lonely Hearts ads from the 1950s, here is a representative sample of ones for the mid-1980s!
In a couple of weeks, I'll be discussing love and relationships in the GDR with my history students. I've previously researched Lonely Hearts ads in the GDR and have produced this amalgamation based on my findings from ads in the 1950s for them to analyse.
February 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In a couple of weeks, I'll be discussing love and relationships in the GDR with my history students. I've previously researched Lonely Hearts ads in the GDR and have produced this amalgamation based on my findings from ads in the 1950s for them to analyse.
Spent the morning changing student perceptions of the types of film made in East Germany. None had expected there was such a thing as an Eastern Bloc Western!
January 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Spent the morning changing student perceptions of the types of film made in East Germany. None had expected there was such a thing as an Eastern Bloc Western!
