Born in the former East Germany, I was caught between two systems. But it’s a mistake to think of the ‘in-between’ as life’s waiting room In the 1970s, the German novelist Christa Wolf wrote a letter to her friend and fellow author Lew Kopelew, which included these lines: “One stands quite comfo...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/28/life-turn-40-east-germany-in-between)