Ask Dr. Wolle

In our YouTube series »Ask Dr. Wolle«, historian Dr. Stefan Wolle answers questions about the GDR.

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Frag Dr. Wolle | 2 Jun 2025

The Baltic Sea in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 17 Mar 2025

Posters in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 5 Nov 2024

The Berlin Wall

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 14 Mar 2024

Palace of the Republic

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 18 Apr 2023

Studying in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 2 Dec 2022

Christmas in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 22 Oct 2022

Jeans in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 21 Jul 2022

Pen Pals in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 21 Jan 2022

Conscription in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 26 Aug 2021

Phone Calls in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 5 Jun 2020

Environmental Protection in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 1 Mar 2020

Dissolution of the State Security in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 13 Dec 2019

Children's Literature in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 8 Sept 2019

Holiday Camps in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 17 Feb 2019

Nursery Schools in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 25 May 2018

Living in the »Platte«

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 25 Aug 2017

Cuisine in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 22 Dec 2016

Youth Ceremony in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 20 Oct 2016

Women in GDR Politics

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 10 Mar 2016

Suicide in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 14 Dec 2015

Western Television in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 4 Sept 2015

The Western Package

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 4 Feb 2015

Low-wage Country GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 26 Nov 2014

Cinema in the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 22 Jun 2014

GDR: Sporting Nation Through Doping?

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 15 Apr 2014

Wandlitz: Luxury Ghetto of the SED Politburo

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 10 Mar 2014

Why East Germans are Better at Maths

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 20 Jan 2014

The Naked Republic

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 2 Dec 2013

Alcohol: The People's Drug of the GDR

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Ask Dr. Wolle | 2 Dec 2013

What the NSA Can Learn from the Stasi

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