Reviews

"An enticing work whose express purpose is to preserve the history of the revolutionary activities which overthrew the Stalinist regime of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany or GDR). . . . This collection of interviews conducted during the extraordinary events of late 1989 allows the reader insight into the feelings and thought of a wide range of GDR citizens. . . . [This is] an invaluable historical source book."
--William A. Pelz," New Politics"

"This highly successful oral history is enriched by meticulous and intelligent notes and enlightening introductions. . . . [Philipsen] has collected revealing texts that challenge any simple notion about the inevitable victory of Western institutions or mores."
--Foreign Affairs

"An enticing work whose express purpose is to preserve the history of the revolutionary activities which overthrew the Stalinist regime of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany or GDR). . . . This collection of interviews conducted during the extraordinary events of late 1989 allows the reader insight into the feelings and thought of a wide range of GDR citizens. . . . [This is] an invaluable historical source book."
--William A. Pelz," New Politics"
"This highly successful oral history is enriched by meticulous and intelligent notes and enlightening introductions. . . . [Philipsen] has collected revealing texts that challenge any simple notion about the inevitable victory of Western institutions or mores."
--Foreign Affairs