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Join us to hear historian, journalist and author Katja Hoyer present East Germany: Beyond the Wall, her international bestseller and The Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph’s history book of 2023.
Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian, journalist and the author of the widely acclaimed ‘Blood and Iron’ and the multiple award-winning bestseller ‘Beyond the Wall’. The latter gives an eye-opening insight into East Germany and is required reading for understanding the rise of the far right in the area today. Katya is a Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Katja is a Global Opinions columnist for the Washington Post and also writes for The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, Die Welt and other newspapers on current political affairs in Germany and Europe. Her historical essays have featured in History Today and BBC History Extra. She hosts the podcase The New Germany together with The Times’ Berlin correspondent Oliver Moody.