Katja Hoyer Explained

Katja Hoyer
Birth Date:1985
Birth Place:Guben, German Democratic Republic
Occupation:Historian, journalist, writer
Known For:Work on East Germany
Education:MA
Alma Mater:University of Jena
Workplaces:King's College London

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,[17] [18] [19] [20] but less well received in Germany.

Hoyer is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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Film

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mikanowski . Jacob . 2023-04-02 . Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer review – the human face of the socialist state . en-GB . The Observer . 2023-06-29 . 0029-7712.
  2. News: Katja Hoyer . en-GB . The Guardian . 18 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Katja Hoyer . 2023-06-30 . www.kcl.ac.uk.
  4. https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/288713/katja-hoyer?tab=penguin-biography Pengiun, author biography: Katja Hoyer
  5. Web site: Hansel . Jana . 8 May 2023 . "Das Interesse an deutscher Geschichte ist groß" . "There is a great deal of interest in German history" . 2023-07-01 . www.zeit.de . DE.
  6. News: Peter . Conradi . 2023-06-29 . Katja Hoyer tried to tell a different story about East Germany. Now Germans are furious . en . 2023-06-29 . 0140-0460.
  7. News: Studemann . Frederick . 2023-04-28 . Katja Hoyer: we need to hear 'the whole story' about East Germany . Financial Times . 2023-06-03.
  8. Web site: London . King's College . Katja Hoyer . 2024-06-12 . King's College London . en.
  9. Web site: 2024-06-03 . Katja Hoyer, Author at The Spectator . 2024-06-12 . The Spectator . en-US.
  10. Web site: Katja Hoyer - The Washington Post . 2024-06-12 . Katja Hoyer . en.
  11. Web site: Katja Hoyer Archives . 2024-06-12 . TLS . en-GB.
  12. Web site: Katja Hoyer . 2024-06-12 . UnHerd . en-GB.
  13. News: Moody . Oliver . 2023-06-29 . Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer review — Germany: glued together by enemy blood . en . 2023-06-29 . 0140-0460.
  14. News: Barber . Tony . 2021-01-18 . Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer — conflicted Germany . Financial Times . 2023-06-29.
  15. Web site: Joseph . Cronin . Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871-1918 . 2023-06-29 . Reviews in History . en . 1749-8155.
  16. Web site: Hawes . James . 2021-01-14 . Whitewashing Bismarck just won’t wash . 2023-06-29 . The Spectator . en-US.
  17. News: David . Saul . 2023-03-20 . Willkommen to the GDR! A warts-and-all history of East Germany . en-GB . The Telegraph . 2023-06-03 . 0307-1235.
  18. News: "Beyond the Wall" adds depth to caricatures of East Germany . The Economist . 2023-06-03 . 0013-0613.
  19. News: Boyes . Roger . 2023-06-03 . Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer review — why East Germany was doomed from the start . en . . 2023-06-03 . 0140-0460.
  20. Web site: Leeder . Karen . 31 March 2023 . The good, the bad and the ugly in the other Germany . 2023-06-03 . TLS . en-GB.
  21. News: Marton . Kati . 2023-09-05 . Life During Cold Wartime in East Berlin . 2024-06-12 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  22. Web site: 2023-09-19 . The Lamp Magazine The Historian's Anxiety at the Guard Tower . 2024-06-12 . The Lamp Magazine . en-US.
  23. Web site: Katja Hoyer: we need to hear ‘the whole story’ about East Germany . 2024-06-12 . www.ft.com.
  24. News: Hoyer . Katja . What's 'wrong' with east Germany? Look to its long neglect by the wealthy west . 7 March 2024 . The Guardian . London, United Kingdom . 2024-03-07.
  25. Web site: Poti . Tomas . A Sneak Peek into the Upcoming Cold War Biographical Thriller Film . Cinema Go Movies . 24 July 2024.
  26. News: Yossman . K.J. . Cold War Thriller ‘Whispers of Freedom’ Sets Principal Cast (EXCLUSIVE) – Global Bulletin . 24 July 2024 . . 5 March 2024.

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