Every book Katja Hoyer recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Katja Hoyer

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   Der Osten: eine westdeutsche Erfindung

   Dirk Oschmann · Discussed · 1 episode

   Discussed

   “there was a book that came out at the same time as mine by Dirk Oschmann called Der Osten: eine westdeutsche Erfindung—The East is an Invention of the West, in which he brings out some really quite stark figures.”

   Conversations with Tyler Katja Hoyer on Weimar, the GDR, and the German Character 2026-06-10 ▶ Play 14:29

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible
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   Divided Heaven

   Christa Wolf · Discussed · 1 episode

   Discussed

   “If you take Christa Wolf, for example, who wrote a famous book called Divided Heaven, which was also translated and also a huge bestseller in West Germany, that’s highly critical of the Berlin Wall”

   Conversations with Tyler Katja Hoyer on Weimar, the GDR, and the German Character 2026-06-10 ▶ Play 5:58

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible

Books Katja Hoyer wrote

• Beyond the Wall
• Blood and Iron
• Weimar

Appearances