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Established in 1928, the Czechoslovak port in Hamburg quickly became an important foreign trade hub for the landlocked Central European state. The port retained this importance after 1945, but this time as a Socialist outpost, 60 kilometers outside the Iron Curtain. Operating at full capacity and with open borders, this daily confrontation of political systems resulted in a unique microcosm. Sarah Lemmen presents her cultural historical research project.
Despite rising tensions between the superpowers during the early 1980s, both German states remained largely committed to the de-escalation process, even occasionally defying their respective hegemonic powers to pursue it. Precisely because the international climate had grown harsher, relations between East- and West German political analysts progressed both in quality and quantity in the following years. Sabine Loewe-Hannatzsch investigates.