Ausradiert. Wie die Literatur der DDR verschwand

In the organizer's words:

Why have so many East German writers disappeared from the collective memory? When the GDR collapsed, the entire East German literature was dismantled almost overnight. Millions of books were destroyed, publishing houses and businesses were sold for a few Deutschmarks, libraries were closed. Writers' work was not judged according to aesthetic standards, but ideological ones. Authors were categorized as "close to the state" or "distant" and banned from the collective memory. This had traumatic consequences, not only for those who were defamed.

Carsten Gansel uses examples to show why the West is still perceived as dominant and invasive in the East today. In conversation with Irmtraud Gutschke, he calls for a different view of GDR literature and the East Germans, including rehabilitation.

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