Katja Hoyer

Katja Hoyer is a best-selling Anglo-German historian. Her book Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990, was a Sunday Times bestseller. She was born in East Germany and read history at the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena where she graduated with an MA with distinction. She’s a member of the Royal Historical Society and has written for History Today, BBC History Extra, UnHerd and the Spectator among other media outlets. Katja has appeared on a variety of podcasts talking about history, including Dan Snow’s ‘History Hit’ and Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland’s ‘The Rest is History’.

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