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Erich Loest

Erich Loest - Nikolaikirche

At the end of the 1980s the Bacher family experiences first-hand in Leipzig the Monday peace prayers and the growing wave of protests that led to the capitulation of the GDR regime in October 1989. As well as the political events, Loest focuses on the conflicts felt by the GDR’s citizens during the changes.

Nikolaikirche (Part 1)

When he heard the first chime of the bells of St. Thomas, he stopped. For a couple of months they had begun seconds before those of St. Nikolai. At some point it would change again, perfectly simultaneous entrance was probably impossible. St. Nikolai opened with three deep chimes, before the other bells came in, drowning out those of St. Thomas, whose sound had to leap over the Old Town Hall.More ...

Nikolaikirche (Part 2)

He didn’t want to let himself be impressed by crowds and bustle, it was like that every day in Hamburg or Düsseldorf. The posters and the flags he encountered on the way seemed awkward and to be trying too hard. More ...

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