I've been flea market shopping in the former east of Berlin, and I am now the proud owner of about 90 copies of Das Magazine from the1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. These monthly issues were the rough equivalent of the New Yorker mixed with Playboy in the GDR. It cost me a fortune to post them back to the United States, but hopefully they will offer a nice glimpse into life under state socialism.
I'm enjoying some time in the German capital, a city I first visited in 1990, almost 30 years ago. Needless to say, it has changed a lot in the intervening years. Here is the view from my temporary apartment in Mitte.
So I recently spent a day in a village in the northwest of Bulgaria, near the town of Vratsa. This is a very poor part of the country where people live quite close to the edge, and is probably one of the poorest regions in the European Union. But it is also breathtakingly beautiful, and it is in this part of the country that many people maintain an allegiance to leftist ideals. I am always humbled and honored to be a guest here.
The final dinner after an all day seminar on the Cold War and women's rights at the HIgher School of Social Sciences on June 28, 2019. Enjoyed spending the whole day with Jocelyn Olcott, Sara Panata, Ioana Cirstocea, Francisca de Haan and Chiara Bonfigioli, and listening to...
The final dinner after an all day seminar on the Cold War and women's rights at the HIgher School of Social Sciences on June 28, 2019. Enjoyed spending the whole day with Jocelyn Olcott, Sara Panata, Ioana Cirstocea, Francisca de Haan and Chiara Bonfigioli, and listening to...