Posts Tagged ‘Stasi’
(English) On The Stasi Trail
Tam Eastley traces the ghosts of one of Germany's most notorious - and despised - public figures In the middle of January 2012, Berlin history buffs and GDR junkies were suddenly abuzz with curious excitement about the re-opening of Erich Mielke's office. Smack dab in the middle of a complex of grey and scary buildings so large they make your neck ache and your head spin, lies the desk, shredder, tape recorder and office chair of a man whom Anna Funder in her (brilliant) book [...]
(English) Behind the Wall in ‘Stasiland’
Bookslut's Jessa Crispin talks to Australian author Anna Funder about her 2003 book Stasiland, which is about to get a U.S. release... Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall is a document of a city in flux. After the fall of the wall, the East and West found itself intermingling, sometimes unwillingly, in a city that had to transform itself structurally and demographically very quickly. Australian journalist Anna Funder found herself drawn to these places of tension. In [...]
(English) Hohenschönhausen: In Pictures
Stefanie Rothenhöfe chats to Berlin photographer Philipp Lohöfener about his work at Hohenschönhausen, Berlin's Stasi prison memorial. Philipp Lohöfener was born in 1974 in Bielefeld, Germany. He studied photography at the University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld, Germany from 1998 till 2006. He has been living and working in Berlin, Germany since 2001. Over the last few years, Lohöfener’s work has focused on depicting the resonant presence in seemingly deserted [...]
To Rococo Rot
To Rococo Rot haben sich mit ihrem einzigartigen Markenzeichen – locker daherkommende Electronic Beats - in den letzten 15 Jahren weit nach oben gearbeitet. Während der Vorbereitungen zur Veröffentlichung ihres neuen Albums – das erste seit sechs Jahren – hatte STB die Gelegenheit mit den in Berlin wohnhaften Brüdern Robert und Ronald Lippok zu plaudern: über das Aufwachsen am Zionskirchplatz, dem permanenten Versuch der Stasi aus dem Weg zu gehen und die goldenen 90er... „Da [...]
