What was life like for Jewish communities behind the Berlin Wall? Delve into the hopes of Germany's postwar Jews, the reality of life within the Soviet Bloc, and the challenges faced by a community under threat from the far right today, with guests who have lived in both the GDR and present-day Berlin. Speakers include Cathy Gelbin, a film historian and cultural studies scholar who grew up in the GDR, but now lives in Manchester; award-winning journalist Toby Axelrod, who is the Jewish Telegraph Agency's correspondent for Germany, Switzerland and Austria; and Dr Julia Friedrich, director of collections and exhibitions at the Jewish Museum Berlin, where Another Country: Jewish in the GDR has just opened. Hosted in association with Jewish Renaissance.

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