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Judith Enders: "Distinguishing between Eastern and Western Germans is outdated.”

Judith Enders was just thirteen when the Berlin Wall came down. It was a seminal experience for her - like many of her generation - and she put together a book about people’s lives under communism. DW spoke to Judith Enders about East and West, change and upheaval, and German Unity.

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