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Start: 2026-10-23T17:00:00
End: 2026-10-23T19:00:00
Location: PCPSE 010 (Auditorium)

How a Police Operation Against Cuban Workers Put the East German Leadership on the Defensive

October 23, 2026 1:00 - 3:00 pm

PCPSE 010 (Auditorium)

Christian Dietrich teaches contemporary history at Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. His books include Im Schatten August Bebels: Sozialdemokratische Antisemitismusabwehr als Republikschutz 1918–1932 (2021) and Eugen Leviné. "Ich fühle russisch und denke jüdisch" (2017), and he has written scholarly articles on a vast array of topics, from the radical Reformation theologian Thomas Müntzer to Weimar literary journals, the Austrian labor movement, and political life in communist East Germany. This talk will be in English.

Sponsored by the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, the Penn Department of History, and the Penn Department of French, Italian, and Germanic Studies