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German-British historian (born 1985)
Katja Hoyer (born 1985)
[1] is a German-British
[2] historian, journalist and writer.
[3]
[4]
Life and career
Hoyer was born in
Guben ,
East Germany ,
[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
[3] 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 .
[8] She is also a journalist for
The Spectator ,
[9]
The Washington Post ,
[10]
Times Literary Supplement ,
[11]
UnHerd ,
[12] and
Die Welt .
[3]
Her first book, Blood and Iron , about the
German Empire from 1871 to 1918, was well reviewed,
[13]
[14] even though some reviewers suggested that she had played down the negative aspects of the period and of
Otto von Bismarck 's legacy.
[15]
[16] Her second book,
Beyond the Wall , about the history of
East Germany from 1949 to 1990, was well reviewed in the United Kingdom,
[1]
[17]
[18]
[19]
[20] but less well received in Germany.
[6]
Hoyer is a
Fellow of the
Royal Historical Society .
[3]
Works
Books
Articles
"Life in East Germany: the cultural evolution behind the Iron Curtain"
[24]
"What's 'wrong' with east Germany? Look to its long neglect by the wealthy west"
[25]
References
^
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 .
^
"Katja Hoyer" . The Guardian . Retrieved 18 December 2023 .
^
a
b
c
d
"Katja Hoyer" . www.kcl.ac.uk . Retrieved 2023-06-30 .
^
Pengiun, author biography: Katja Hoyer . Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ 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 .
^
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 .
^ Studemann, Frederick (2023-04-28).
"Katja Hoyer: we need to hear 'the whole story' about East Germany" . Financial Times . Retrieved 2023-06-03 .
^ London, King's College.
"Katja Hoyer" . King's College London . Retrieved 2024-06-12 .
^
"Katja Hoyer, Author at The Spectator" . The Spectator . 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-06-12 .
^
"Katja Hoyer - The Washington Post" . Katja Hoyer . Retrieved 2024-06-12 .
^
"Katja Hoyer Archives" . TLS . Retrieved 2024-06-12 .
^
"Katja Hoyer" . UnHerd . Retrieved 2024-06-12 .
^ 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 .
^ Barber, Tony (2021-01-18).
"Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer — conflicted Germany" . Financial Times . Retrieved 2023-06-29 .
^ 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 .
^ Hawes, James (2021-01-14).
"Whitewashing Bismarck just won't wash" . The Spectator . Retrieved 2023-06-29 .
^ 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 .
^
" "Beyond the Wall" adds depth to caricatures of East Germany" . The Economist .
ISSN
0013-0613 . Retrieved 2023-06-03 .
^ 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 .
^ Leeder, Karen (31 March 2023).
"The good, the bad and the ugly in the other Germany" . TLS . Retrieved 2023-06-03 .
^ Marton, Kati (2023-09-05).
"Life During Cold Wartime in East Berlin" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-06-12 .
^
"The Lamp Magazine | The Historian's Anxiety at the Guard Tower" . The Lamp Magazine . 2023-09-19. Retrieved 2024-06-12 .
^
"Katja Hoyer: we need to hear 'the whole story' about East Germany" . www.ft.com . Retrieved 2024-06-12 .
^
Life in East Germany: the cultural evolution behind the Iron Curtain
^
Hoyer, Katja (7 March 2024).
"What's 'wrong' with east Germany? Look to its long neglect by the wealthy west" . The Guardian . London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 2024-03-07 .
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