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Katja Hoyer (born 1985)[1] is a German historian, journalist and writer.[2][3]

Life and career

Hoyer was born in Guben, East Germany,[4][5] where her mother was a teacher and her father an East German military officer.[6] She received a Master's degree from the University of Jena[2] and moved to the United Kingdom in about 2010.[7]

Hoyer is a visiting research fellow at King's College London and has published two books about the history of Germany. She is also a journalist for The Spectator, The Washington Post and Die Welt.[2] Her first book, Blood and Iron, about the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, was well reviewed,[8][9] even though some reviewers suggested that she had played down the negative aspects of the period and of Otto von Bismarck's legacy.[10][11] Her second book, Beyond the Wall, about the history of East Germany from 1949 to 1990, was well reviewed in the United Kingdom,[1][12][13][14][15] but less well received in Germany.[6]

She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[2]

Works

Books

Articles

  • "Life in East Germany: the cultural evolution behind the Iron Curtain"[16]

References

  1. ^ a b Mikanowski, Jacob (2023-04-02). "Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer review – the human face of the socialist state". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  2. ^ a b c d "Katja Hoyer". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  3. ^ Pengiun, author biography: Katja Hoyer. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ^ Die Zeit, "'Das Interesse an deutscher Geschichte ist groß'" (in German), 8 May 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  5. ^ Hansel, Jana (8 May 2023). ""Das Interesse an deutscher Geschichte ist groß"" ["There is a great deal of interest in German history"]. www.zeit.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  6. ^ a b Peter, Conradi (2023-06-29). "Katja Hoyer tried to tell a different story about East Germany. Now Germans are furious". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  7. ^ Studemann, Frederick (2023-04-28). "Katja Hoyer: we need to hear 'the whole story' about East Germany". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  8. ^ Moody, Oliver (2023-06-29). "Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer review — Germany: glued together by enemy blood". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  9. ^ Barber, Tony (2021-01-18). "Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer — conflicted Germany". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  10. ^ Joseph, Cronin. "Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871-1918". Reviews in History. ISSN 1749-8155. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  11. ^ Hawes, James (2021-01-14). "Whitewashing Bismarck just won't wash". The Spectator. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  12. ^ David, Saul (2023-03-20). "Willkommen to the GDR! A warts-and-all history of East Germany". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  13. ^ ""Beyond the Wall" adds depth to caricatures of East Germany". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  14. ^ Boyes, Roger (2023-06-03). "Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer review — why East Germany was doomed from the start". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  15. ^ Leeder, Karen (31 March 2023). "The good, the bad and the ugly in the other Germany". TLS. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  16. ^ Life in East Germany: the cultural evolution behind the Iron Curtain
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