My heart could not be divided

A turning point story

- Claudia Wenzel is a successful actress, known for series such as In aller Freundschaft, Der Bergdoktor, Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht and Sturm der Liebe
- Published on the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2024
- For readers of Ursula Karusseit and Michaela May
- Buying impulse: "I am interested in Claudia Wenzel's special biography and her view of the time of change."

From division to unity? A personal view of a reunified Germany

 

"Why don't you just stay over there?" is a question Claudia Wenzel is familiar with. During guest performances in the Federal Republic of Germany, she had numerous opportunities to "cross over" to the West - and yet the actress always returned to her East German homeland. After all, what would she have wanted in a country without family and friends? At the same time, the political situation in the GDR increasingly worried her.
35 years after the fall of the Wall, the actress looks back on her own inner turmoil. She sheds light on a formative period of German history and takes a critical look at today's social and political landscape.

 

"As an 'Ossi', I ask myself whether reunification has fulfilled its promise. Have we learnt from history or does the Wall still exist in our minds?
in our heads?" Claudia Wenzel

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  • Publisher: Knaur HC
  • Release: 01.10.2024
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-44834-2
  • 248 Pages
  • Author: Claudia Wenzel
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Claudia Wenzel My heart could not be divided
Portrait von Claudia Wenzel
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Claudia Wenzel

Claudia Wenzel , geboren am 21. September 1959 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, war nach dem Schauspielstudium festes Ensemble-Mitglied des Leipziger Schauspielhauses. Nach der Wende spielte sie u.a. am Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin und dem Winterhuder Fährhaus in Hamburg. Zusätzlich stand Claudia Wenzel bereits in der DDR vor der Kamera. Es folgten nach der Wende zahlreiche Serienrollen, u.a. in den TV-Serien Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht und der ARD-Soap Sturm der Liebe . Seit 2003 ist Claudia Wenzel mit dem Schauspieler Rüdiger Joswig verheiratet.