Internationale Forschungsstelle DDR @_IFDDR
We research the history of the German Democratic Republic and its enduring relevance for progressive movements today. Run by @ZetkinForum for Social Research. ifddr.org Berlin, Germany Joined February 2021-
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Georg Mende: Studien über die Existenzphilosophie. Berlin, GDR: Dietz Verlag, 1956. Excerpts from his materialist critique of Heidegger's fascism. Translation by Helmut-Harry Loewen.* Marxist-Leninist philosopher Georg Mende (1910-1983) served as director of the philosophy…
64 years ago today – after a decade of constructing #socialism with open borders – the #DDR closed the inner-German border. In an interview, we asked former "Stasi" lieutenant Wolfgang Schmidt about the context to this decision & the DDR's primary motives: youtube.com/watch?v=heOWaW…
<Newsletter 7/25> – Presenting the dossier: #NATO is the Most Dangerous Organization in the World – Our new book on socialist health care in USSR, DDR & Yugoslavia – Recordings from the conference “Fascism back in Europe?” 🇩🇪: connexus.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailin… 🇬🇧: zetkin.forum/wp-content/upl…
At the Fiesta de Solidaridad in #Berlin, presenting the new dossier (by @tri_continental, @ZetkinForum, @NoColdWar) on why #NATO is the most dangerous organization in the world. Available in 7 languages: thetricontinental.org/dossier-nato-t…
The poster was first released in conjunction with the call for a solidarity march in support of the Palestinian struggle, held in New York on May 18, 1972.The following year,this festival was held in Germany, where Palestinian youth carried the poster ,as a symbol of their cause.
NEW BOOK: "Misdiagnosed: Socialist Health Care Models in Retrospect" Investigating how people-centered health care systems were built & run in Soviet Georgia (@ReimaginingG), East Germany, and socialist Yugoslavia (@holidej_ariza). Available in English: zetkin.forum/wp-content/upl…
53 years ago today:
53 years ago today:
Berlin, July 1973
Berlin, July 1973
Greek composer and communist Mikis Theodorakis was born 100 years ago today. A frequent visitor to the socialist East Germany, Theodorakis befriended DDR songwriter Hartmut König, whom we recently interviewed. Here he remembers #Theodorakis: youtube.com/watch?v=1EwM_K…
A different Berlin: 53 years ago today, Arafat and dozens of Palestinian delegates were welcomed at the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students in the socialist GDR.
A different Berlin: 53 years ago today, Arafat and dozens of Palestinian delegates were welcomed at the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students in the socialist GDR.
📍 Berlin, capital of the socialist German Democratic Republic, July 1973 (At the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students)
53 years ago today:
53 years ago today:
#OTD in 1973, the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students opened in #Berlin, DDR, with 25,600 guests from 140 countries. To mark the 50th anniversary in 2023, we published a dossier on the various delegations, bands, and artists present at the festival: ifddr.org/en/x-world-fes…
Are you interested in working us? Starting on 1 Sept. 2025, we have a year-long position available as part of the Federal Volunteer Service (Bufdi). If you are under 27, interested in history, enjoy researching & communicating content in creative ways, contact us!
Did the DDR trade with the capitalist West? What role did this play in the DDR's economy? How did the socialist states try to create their own world economy? From our interview with Uwe Trostel, member of the DDR's State Planning Commission in the 1980s: youtube.com/watch?v=dhTxi8…

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