Jana Hensel was thirteen on November 9; 1989; the night the Berlin Wall fell. In all the euphoria over German reunification; no one stopped to think what it would mean for Jana and her generation of East Germans. These were the kids of the seventies; who had grown up in the shadow of Communism with all its hokey comforts: the Young Pioneer youth groups; the cheerful Communist propaganda; and the comforting knowledge that they lived in a Germany unblemished by an ugly Nazi past and a callous capitalist future. Suddenly everything was gone. East Germany disappeared; swallowed up by the West; and in its place was everything Jana and her friends had coveted for so long: designer clothes; pop CDs; Hollywood movies; supermarkets; magazines. They snapped up every possible Western product and mannerism. They changed the way they talked; the way they walked; what they read; where they went. They cut off from their parents. They took English lessons; and opened bank accounts. Fifteen years later; they all have the right haircuts and drive the right cars; but who are they? Where are they going? In After the Wall; Jana Hensel tells the story of her confused generation of East Germans; who were forced to abandon their past and feel their way through a foreign landscape to an uncertain future. Now as they look back; they wonder whether the oppressive; yet comforting life of their childhood wasn't so bad after all.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. One in you life-time find!By CustomerIs it American?Government officials in secret meeting? Not even minutes of the meetings are taken.Doors and windows locked.While a few men write a whole new body of law.It WAS America when the Constitution was being created. BUT some of them made a few notes and ONE of them; just one; made unofficial "minutes" saying who voted and how; and extensively quoting debate.You need to know... Read his record just as he wrtote it!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Everyone should read this! Especially in these times of ...By J. ReynoldsEveryone should read this! Especially in these times of crumbling respect for the values cultivated four the benefit of our young country. Understanding these values and 'why' these rules were necessary then and even more important now.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Paul Herrington; PHI love history and this about our countries founding cant get better than that .
