Freedom and Communism bring about different results. Two films from Anthem Film Festival show how freedom was lost in one and gained in another.
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Theater Interview: Vanessa Garcia on ‘Ich Bin Ein Berliner’ at the FAU Theatre Lab
Playwright Vanessa Garcia explains how this audio play about the Cuban American experience came together.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Burning Down the Haus’ by Tim Mohr – East German Punk
'Burning Down the Haus' by Tim Mohr is a beautifully written and important book about punk in East Germany and its role in bringing down the Berlin Wall.
Read More »The Border Fence: Walls Torn Down and a Sense of Infinity
In spite of there being 20,000 U.S. border guards, the most at any time in U.S. history, the number of crossings remains unchanged.
Read More »Berlin: A Journey into Modern History, Part 3
From Frederick the Great's palaces in Potsdam to Checkpoint Charlie in the heart of the city, a visit to Berlin is a tour through history.
Read More »Penn State Removes Paterno’s Statue
The statue will be put into "storage" for what probably will be not only the foreseeable future but no doubt for eternity, and well it should be.
Read More »Book Review: Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder
Author examines both sides of East Germany's surveillance society.
Read More »Remembering the Fall of the Berlin Wall
I recall thinking, "That will never happen in a million years," but here it was happening a mere two years later.
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