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Interviews are an important part of the IF DDR’s research. This page features an interview archive, which will grow continuously alongside the research projects of the IF DDR. The individual videos feature thematic excerpts from the interviews.

It is possible to sort the videos by topic or by person.

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Antifascism Democracy Health Internationalism Planned economy Women

Hans Modrow on socialist democracy

Hans Modrow on the “New Economic System of Planning and Management”

Hans Modrow on the initiation of economic planning in East Germany

Dr. Heinrich Niemann answers: “What could have been done better in the DDR’s health policy?”

Dr. Heinrich Niemann on the political responsibility of the doctor

Dr. Heinrich Niemann discusses the DDR’s approach to vaccinations

John Green reflects on his work and the social struggles he reported on

John Green describes increased political stringency in DDR television in the 1980s

John Green describes his team’s production method

John Green describes reporting on everyday life in West Germany

John Green describes why and how he worked as a covert reporter

John Green remembers DDR solidarity with Mozambique

John Green recalls reporting on Portugal’s Carnation Revolution

Wolfgang Herrmann on the historical parallels between Nicaragua and the DDR

Wolfgang Herrmann remembers the arrival of the Red Army

John Green describes reporting on Namibia’s liberation struggle

John Green recounts reporting on the conflict in Ireland

Victor Grossman on international students in the DDR

Victor Grossman on the economic baseline of the German Democratic Republic

Victor Grossman on the final years of the DDR

Dr. Heinrich Niemann on health protection in the workplace in the DDR

Dr. Heinrich Niemann on the central elements of the DDR’s health care system

John Green recounts beginning to work for DDR television

John Green on the DDR’s international film traineeship

Regina Klein recalls health care in the workplace

Dr. Rüdiger Feltz on ensuring an adequate distribution of doctors in the DDR

Dr. Rüdiger Feltz on the basics of prophylaxis in the DDR

Dr. Rüdiger Feltz — “from patients to customers”

Victor Grossman on internationalist festivals in the DDR

Victor Grossman reflects on the integration of international groups in the DDR

Victor Grossman recalls the Rosenberg case

Victor Grossman recalls fleeing from US military persecution

Victor Grossman on the Democratic German Report

Victor Grossman on worldwide acts of solidarity

John Green recounts how he came to study in the DDR

Sigrun Lingel on shortcomings in the DDR’s solidarity

Sigrun Lingel contrasts DDR solidarity and West German aid

Sigrun Lingel on colonialism and the DDR’s self-perception

Sigrun Lingel reflects on the DDR apartment buildings in Zanzibar

Sigrun Lingel remembers schooling in Tanzania and Zanzibar

Dr. Heinrich Niemann on the composition of the student body

Dr. Heinrich Niemann recounts his post-war childhood

Dr. Heinrich Niemann on the DDR’s health insurance system

Dr. Heinrich Niemann on the emergence of the polyclinic in the DDR

Dr. Heinrich Niemann on the medical brain drain from the DDR

John Green describes his childhood and early interest in film

Victor Grossman on antifascist beginnings

Victor Grossman on support for Angela Davis

Victor Grossman on Allende’s legacy in the DDR

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