ARGONAUT BOOKS

Generation GDR is a historical detective story about the tragic death of one young East German in 1981 but also much more than that. It shows how the socialist dictatorship destroyed its own future by destroying its youth. An important counterweight to the rose-tinted nostalgia for the GDRFrank Trentmann, author of Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022.An awe-inspiring bookZDF HeuteWensierski's descriptions infuse his book with haunting authenticityDie WeltThe concept of the book is on point, and it's a terrific read. It is breathtaking. [...] Wensierski's book will be the benchmark for ...Read More