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Reunification Revisited

Thirty years after German reunification put an end to the 1949 division of Germany into East and West, the questions remain:  How did people in both socialist East Germany and capitalist West Germany think about organizing their societies? What was important to them, and what didn't work out as planned? What can we learn from these frictions? How do the former social imaginaries speak to our present? Reunification Revisited invites students of German and modern German history to explore life in East and West Germany. They will discusswith experts themes such as youth activism, the perils of building walls between societies and the limits and advantages of democracy. This culminates in designing their own utopian projects for the future. 

Youth Culture in Divided Germany Photo (detail): Harald Hauswald @ Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung

Encounter, Engage, Expand

What did youth cultures in divided Germany look like? What can the history of German division tell us about contemporary democracy? Do walls work?
 

Ideal Society © Goethe-Institut New York

Utopian Thinkers Wanted

If you were to design your own ideal society, what would it look like? What would be of utmost importance? Gather your team, envision a future and enter to win prizes for your entire school at our competition.

For Educators Photo: © picture alliance / ZB

For Educators

Do you teach German or modern German history? Get ideas about how to best navigate the website and incorporate content in your teaching.
 

Entanglement and Difference: FRG vs. GDR

Youth Photo (detail): Harald Hauswald @ Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung

Youth

Economy Photo (detail): Harald Hauswald @ Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung

Economy

Environment Photo (detail): © picture alliance / ZB

Environment

Social Justice Photo (detail): Harald Hauswald @ Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung

Social Justice

Work Photo (detail): @ picture alliance / dpa

Work

Democracy Photo (detail): Volkmar Heinz @ picture alliance / dpa-Zentralbild ZB

Democracy

Memory Photo (detail): Harald Hauswald @ Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung

Memory

Religion Photo (detail): Harald Hauswald @ Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung

Religion

Race / Racism Photo (detail): © picture alliance / zb

Race / Racism

Gender / LGBTQI+ Photo (detail): Harald Hauswald @ Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung

Gender / LGBTQI+

Social Control Photo (detail): © picture alliance / dpa

Social Control

Education Photo (detail): @ picture alliance / dpa-Zentralbild

Education

Freedom of Speech Photo (detail): Reinhard Kaufhold @ picture alliance / ZB

Freedom of Speech

Health care System Photo (detail): Harald Hauswald @ Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung

Health care system

Individual vs. Society Photo (detail): Harald Hauswald @ Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung

Individual vs. Society

Ideology vs. Reality Photo (detail): Harald Hauswald @ Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung

Ideology vs. Reality

Contact

Ajkuna Hoppe Ajkuna Hoppe © private Andrea Pfeil Andrea Pfeil © Jacobia Dahm Kerstin Hämmerling Kerstin Hämmerling | Photo: Mark Römisch © Goethe-Institut Boston Steffen Kaupp Steffen Kaupp | Photo: Mark Römisch © Goethe-Institut Boston
Ajkuna Hoppe, Educational Liaison, Goethe-Institut New York 
Andrea Pfeil, Director Language Programs, Goethe-Institut New York 
Kerstin Hämmerling, Language Consultant, Goethe-Institut Boston 
Steffen Kaupp, PhD, Director Language Programs, Goethe-Institut Boston 

Partners

Reunification Revisited is produced in partnership with Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur (Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship), German Consulate General New York, German American Partnership Program (GAPP), American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), Transatlantic Outreach Program(TOP) and Spark for German.

Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung German Consulate General New York




TOP (Transatlantic Outreach Program) AATG (American Association of Teachers of German) SPARK ( Spark for German) GAPP (German American Partnership Program)















 

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