East Meets West: Reflections on Teaching an American Past in the Former East Germany – Stephen Engle – Germany 1995

“The future is certain,” goes the old Soviet joke, “it is only the past that is unpredictable.” For many former East Germans the unpredictability of the past six years has left them searching for a way to blend their culture with that of the West without abandoning their past, Though there are obvious differences, today’s […]