That Was the GDR: A History of the Other Germany | I Was a Citizen of the GDR (Episode 1)

A 1993 MDR History Documentary narrated by Peter Bieringer.

Das war die DDR - Eine Geschichte des anderen Deutschlands (That Was the GDR - A History of the Other Germany) is a documentary series, originally made for television in Germany. This astonishing chronicle of the German Democratic Republic (or as we called it, East Germany) features illuminating interviews complimented by rare archival materials from film, photographs, posters, caricatures, popular songs and speeches. Former citizens both prominent and unknown reflect on cultural, economic, and political developments from the founding of the GDR in 1949 to German unification in 1990. This is the ultimate film history of events such as the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968, the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, economic stagnation, Stasi activity, and the popular upheavals that finally brought down the state. Produced by Manfred Dunek Produktion for Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk MDR, ORF, and Deutsche Welle TV.

Episode 1: In this simple phrase, "I was a citizen of the GDR," lie countless individual life stories. Former citizens of the German Democratic Republic talk about their personal feelings, experiences and attitudes toward the GDR. They reflect on important, painful and contradictory historical events such as the uprising on June 17th in 1953, the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall and the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968. They also convey the sense of the hopes pinned on Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika.

Episode 2: https://www.bitchute.com/video/XsXyIPA4W1jk/