Victor Grossman on Paul Robeson

Stephen Wechsler (*1928), alias Victor Grossman was an American soldier, who defected to the DDR in 1952. There he headed the Paul Robeson Archive from 1965 to 1968. About IF DDR: With its studies, IF DDR aims to contribute to current debates on social struggles, drawing on the conditions and experiences of DDR socialism. For this purpose, we produce accessible historical and contemporary witness material. Initially, “Studies On The DDR” will provide the basis for an international exchange about the DDR by tracing the structure of this socialist state and its lived realities on the basis of selected aspects from everyday life. https://ifddr.org/en/about/ --- Mit ihren Studien möchte die IF DDR in Hinblick auf die Bedingungen und Erfahrungen des DDR-Sozialismus einen Beitrag zu aktuellen Debatten über soziale Kämpfe leisten. In verschiedenen Reihen bereitet sie hierfür historisches und Zeitzeug*Innen-Material in anschaulicher und verständlicher Weise Auf. https://ifddr.org/ifddr/ --- You can find more about our work here: Website: https://ifddr.org/en/home/ Twitter:   / _ifddr   Facebook:   / internationale-forschungsstelle-ddr-102112...   #GDR #DDR