“A Back-Up for Nursing Care” – IF DDR ARTICLE
Professional ethics and health policy do not form a dichotomy. An article on working conditions in the GDR’s health care system.
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THE GERMAN WORKERS’ MOVEMENT AND THE STRUGGLE FOR A NEUTRAL, DEMOCRATIC GERMANY
In this article, we examine the circumstances that led to the division of Germany and the development of socialist strategies during the decisive post-war period (1945–1952).
EVENT: THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OF THE GDR (IN GERMAN)
Together with the social physician Dr. Heinrich Niemann and the former head of a polyclinic in Berlin Marzahn, Dr. Wolfgang Dübel, as well as the doctor Dr. Anita Rausch, who is active in medical training and further education, we discussed the health care system of the GDR and what significance the experiences made here can play for current political debates. We looked at the health policy orientations of the GDR and how they were realised in practice, alongside the contradictions and debates that arose in the process.
RISEN FROM THE RUINS LAUNCH EVENT
Together with the Marx Memorial Library in London and our partner Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, we invited to a discussion evening on the first edition of “Studies on the DDR”.
“The GDR — the better Germany?” — A LECTURE BY MATTHIAS KRAUSS
A lecture by Matthias Krauss, given at the conference “The GDR in All-German History — Missed Opportunity, Dead End, Aftermath,” an event organized by Helle Panke e.V. and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Berlin on October 26, 2021.
“The Voice of the People” — ON THE DEATH OF MIKIS THEODORAKIS
Anlässlich des Todes von Mikis Theodorakis am 2. September 2021 befragte die IF DDR Hartmut König, ehemaliger FDJ-Sekretär für internationale Arbeit und Kultur und bekannter Liedermacher, über seine Erinnerungen an Mikis und dessen Einfluss auf die Singebewegung in der DDR.
“Following-up on Solidarity Work” — INTERVIEW IN THE JUNGE WELT
On 06.05.2021, the German daily, the junge Welt interviewed two members of the International Research Center DDR (IF DDR) with regard to the backdrop, methods and objectives of the center.
