{"id":6019,"date":"2022-08-21T15:10:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T15:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emoryhistorynews.wordpress.com\/?p=6019"},"modified":"2022-08-21T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T15:10:31","slug":"eckert-publishes-german-edition-of-west-germany-and-the-iron-curtain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/2022\/08\/21\/eckert-publishes-german-edition-of-west-germany-and-the-iron-curtain\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckert Publishes German Edition of &#8216;West Germany and the Iron Curtain&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In spring 2022, Prof. <a href=\"http:\/\/history.emory.edu\/home\/people\/faculty\/eckert-astrid.html\">Astrid M. Eckert<\/a> published her book\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobal.oup.com%2Facademic%2Fproduct%2Fwest-germany-and-the-iron-curtain-9780197582312%3Flang%3Den%26cc%3Dus&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckbwilso%40emory.edu%7C98a02d64d40b4efee29308da7ee4dbd5%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C637961818652787938%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wjspoqKMQ8k7z%2F0qsmE6r9aC7oWwgQxdkaCUzbbGdaI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">West Germany and the Iron Curtain<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in a German edition called\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christoph-links-verlag.de%2Findex.cfm%3Fview%3D3%26titel_nr%3D9151&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckbwilso%40emory.edu%7C98a02d64d40b4efee29308da7ee4dbd5%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C637961818652787938%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=muisCxKDyXiFxx00sPfiKOB3PXsVulkg8JJLhpa%2Fv18%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Zonenrandgebiet<\/a>. Westdeutschland und der Eiserne Vorhang<\/em>\u00a0with Ch. Links Publishers in Berlin. Over the course of the summer, Prof. Eckert was on a book tour in Germany and gave several interviews, including with the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdr.de%2Fkultur%2Fradio%2Fipg%2Fsendung-779042.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckbwilso%40emory.edu%7C98a02d64d40b4efee29308da7ee4dbd5%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C637961818652787938%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jn9JidupuhCfQj52m7Fpxt34keA%2BLvICj%2BAGTsN8YKM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk (MDR).<\/a>\u00a0She also recorded an episode for the Stasi Archive\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stasi-unterlagen-archiv.de%2Finformationen-zur-stasi%2Fthemen%2Fbeitrag%2Fpodcast-zonenrandgebiet%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckbwilso%40emory.edu%7C98a02d64d40b4efee29308da7ee4dbd5%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C637961818652787938%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fPO%2B%2FX4OccRgn%2B9Vj2L%2F6vPESPQTRHmW1T0inmNOLrg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">podcast<\/a>\u00a0series. The book was reviewed in the leading German newspapers, for instance in the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sueddeutsche.de%2Fpolitik%2Fbrd-ddr-innerdeutsche-grenze-zonrenrandfoerderung-astrid-m-eckert-1.5575259&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckbwilso%40emory.edu%7C98a02d64d40b4efee29308da7ee4dbd5%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C637961818652787938%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LdpdojKypQmvI%2FkldKhaYeGzFG89zbUY9j2L53QSF8A%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.faz.net%2Faktuell%2Fpolitik%2Fpolitische-buecher%2Fwo-jeder-gullydeckel-auch-ein-sprengschacht-war-18149322.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckbwilso%40emory.edu%7C98a02d64d40b4efee29308da7ee4dbd5%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C637961818652787938%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5wxm9Q2uVHi%2BWdonX9NxmnorLUlMYp9vb0KAxQgwIJM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<\/a>\u00a0as well as in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deutschlandfunk.de%2Fhistorikerin-astrid-eckert-erinnert-an-bedeutung-des-zonenrandgebiets-100.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckbwilso%40emory.edu%7C98a02d64d40b4efee29308da7ee4dbd5%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C637961818652944173%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=39OcvfB31SXOM8edPkajRS%2FJr0MOPeDqITIVF7awHhs%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Deutschlandfunk<\/a>. The book was also featured in\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdf.de%2Fnachrichten%2Fheute-journal%2Fzonenrandgebiet-ddr-ost-deutschland-100.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckbwilso%40emory.edu%7C98a02d64d40b4efee29308da7ee4dbd5%7Ce004fb9cb0a4424fbcd0322606d5df38%7C0%7C0%7C637961818652944173%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=13Qjx3XYnbgdHYZdsfknbDXAXpoxbb9XXOTnE9Ux4Pg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">heute journal<\/a><\/em>, one of the two main news shows on German TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In spring 2022, Prof. Astrid M. Eckert published her book\u00a0West Germany and the Iron Curtain\u00a0in a German edition called\u00a0Zonenrandgebiet. Westdeutschland und der Eiserne Vorhang\u00a0with Ch. Links Publishers in Berlin. Over the course of the summer, Prof. Eckert was on a book tour in Germany and gave several interviews, including with the\u00a0Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk (MDR).\u00a0She also recorded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1282,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}