East German

At government-sponsored public forums designed to address the demands of East German citizens, many youth asked why Hollywood movies—especially music films with “hits”—were not allowed, why East German fashions were below Western standards, and why jeans and other tight pants were not available in the GDR.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

This breathtaking maneuver would provide Walter Ulbricht, the East German leader, with the authority to truncate Berlin and stop the stampede of refugees.

When Kennedy Blinked Charles McCarry 2011

"But just as the KGB and the Stasi did not succeed in suppressing the spirit of the Soviet and East German people, these forces won't succeed in Pakistan in the long run, either."

A Hostage in Pakistan Mira Sethi 2012

Cay Wesnigk mined the archives of the East German state film studio to chronicle the regime's rise and fall, with instructional films about threats from the West, TV shows indoctrinating children, and the East German leader Erich Honecker and his wife, Margot, waltzing at the twilight of the so-called German Democratic Republic.

Reconstructive History Kristin M. Jones 2012

The alternative, Pyongyang understands, is the East German case, where citizens aware of conditions to the west of the Berlin Wall ultimately overthrew their dictators.

Successor or Failure Andrei Lankov 2011

HotelSuites.nl The propeller plane once belonged to the East German government.

A Wave of Whimsy in Europe's Hotels 2011

Or is it going to be, as I characterize it, the old East German judge, where it doesn ' t matter — you hit a triple flip, they ' re still going to give the guy a 2 because he came from the U.S.

The View From the White House AlaN Murray 2010

Anyone who visits "K nstlerplakate," a new exhibit of East German posters from the communist era at NYU's Grey Art Gallery, expecting to find a cheerful socialist realism that invites "Ostalgie" (nostalgia for East German culture and its attendant kitsch) will be disappointed.

The Flicker of Art Through Tyranny 2010

I've watched as East German women with a distinct five o'clock shadow have put the shot farther than most of their "male" competitors.

USA Wins Olympic Naivete Gold; Media Leads Off, Obama Runs Anchor 2010

I've watched as East German women with a distinct five o'clock shadow have put the shot farther than most of their "male" competitors.

Mike Hegedus: USA Wins Olympic Naivete Gold; Media Leads Off, Obama Runs Anchor 2009