This is Brecht, the great East German poet.

诗的作者是布莱希特 一位伟大的东德诗人。

A western transplant in Thuringia, he personally brings no baggage from East German times.

受图林根西德文化的影响，拉梅罗个人行事并不受前东德色彩的影响。

Their parliamentary leader, Gregor Gysi, refuses to call the East German regime an “unjust state”.

左党的议会领袖Gregor Gysi拒绝称东德政权是一个“不公正的国家”。

Now we brought together three generations of one East German family to talk about their reunited land.

东德家庭三代人讲述着祖国统一的故事。

Anyone attempting to cross to the west was either shot or arrested by the East German border police.

任何企图跨越到西德的人，都会被东德边防警察枪击或者逮捕。

Then the East German state ceased to exist in 1990, and the reputation of its most celebrated author also imploded.

1990年东德解体，东德最富盛名的作家在国内的名声也随之破败。

A barrier to contain East Germans hungry for the lifestyles of the West.

这是包含着东德人渴望西方生活方式的障碍。

But not the 130 people who live in the east German village of Feldheim.

但这不包括住在东德费尔德海姆村的130人。

That's what the East German government called this Wall.

这就是东德政府对这堵墙的称呼。

On August 13, 1961, as a month-old baby boy snoozed contentedly in Racine, Wisconsin, that's me, the East German government started work on the Berlin Wall.

1961年8月13日，一个刚满月的男婴在威斯康辛州的拉辛惬意地打着盹，那就是我，与此同时，东德政府正开始筑起柏林墙。

This open border posed a problem for the East German leadership.

这条开放的边界给东德领导层带来了问题。

East German guards manned about 300 towers like this to stop anyone attempting to escape.

东德守卫大约有 300 座这样的塔楼​​，以阻止任何试图逃跑的人。

The East German police come with them. The button...?

东柏林警察也过来了 按吗?

East German fire brigade crosses the border. Would you press?

东柏林消防队跨界前来救援 你按吗?

Anyway, this tiny island just might be the last remaining piece of the East German empire.

无论如何，这个小岛可能就是东德帝国仅存的一块土地。

By 1961, about 3.5 million people, nearly 20% of the East German population, had left, including many young professionals.

到 1961 年， 约有 350 万人（占东德人口的近 20%）离开，其中包括许多年轻的专业人​​士。

And me and my friends and most of the people I knew were East Germans.

我和我的朋友以及我认识的大多数人都是东德人。

Although the city lay fully within the East German territory of the GDR, the post-war agreement gave the allies joint administration.

尽管这座城市完全位于东德的东德领土内，但战后协议赋予盟国联合管理权。

Your reviewer was a foreign correspondent covering the GDR in the late 1980s and married an East German.

您的审稿人是 1980 年代后期报道东德的驻外记者，嫁给了东德人。

This made her a revered, almost saintly figure to her East German readers; at the same time, her consistently uncertain, questioning tone put her on a collision course with the socialist leadership.

这使沃尔夫在她的东德读者面前成了一个令人尊敬、几乎是神圣的人；同时，她那不间断的不确定、怀疑的论调也使她步上了与社会主义领导层决裂的道路。