{"product_id":"beyond-the-wall-katja-hoyer-9781541606364","title":"Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany","description":"\u003cb\u003eAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the ashes of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, \"an expansive and generous history\" of East Germany (\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country, revealing the rich political, social, and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship. Drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews and documents, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, beyond the Wall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katja Hoyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541606361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541606364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.28d","brand":"Katja Hoyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898069475583,"sku":"9781541606364","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18d5e71a-bf5a-4102-81a5-0957b2c2b617.jpg?v=1721375432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-wall-katja-hoyer-9781541606364","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}