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Bernd Lindner
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Professor Bernd Lindner (born 1952, Wittenberg) is a cultural sociologist and historian, and works as an academic and exhibition curator in the “Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig”. His areas of research interest are principally in youth culture and the political culture of the street, with a focus on the “Autumn of 1989”. For his work as a scriptwriter and expert advisor for the internet project “Das Wunder von Leipzig – 9. Oktober 1989” – a co-production of MDR and ARTE – he received the 2010 Grimme Online Award. He has numerous publications on the history of the GDR and the democratic revolution of 1989/90.
Publications (selected)
Die demokratische Revolution in der DDR 1989/90 (The democratic revolution in the GDR 1989/90), Bpb 1998/2010
„Wir sind ein Volk!“ – Der Weg zur Einheit (“We are One People!” – The Path to Unity), Deutschland Archiv 2007