https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2009/11/12/a-glimpse-at-life-in-east-germany-20-years-after-the-wall-fell/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:17:11 -0400<![CDATA[Perhaps because this was the very week of the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago, attendance at the one year old Museum of the DDR (German Democratic Republic- the official name of the East German Communist government) was way above average. Virtually every space was packed this afternoon with German college students, older German adults, families with young children, and some foreign tourists.  The museum sits by the River Spree in what was once a block from the People’s Palace, the now torn down entertainment and government complex where the parliamentarians of the old regime met and grandiose Communist events were staged. It is to be found on the appropriate Karl Liebknecht Street, a block named after the martyred Red leader of the 1918 attempt at a Bolshevik style revolution led by the Spartacists in the post World War I years.]]>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:47:27 -0500<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2009/11/12/a-glimpse-at-life-in-east-germany-20-years-after-the-wall-fell-n183040