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<p>This article examines the history of East German youth work from a&#xa0;post-socialist perspective, framing it as a&#xa0;distinct professional development shaped by the contradictory dynamics of state control, youth agency, and social transformation. Using the example of youth clubs in the GDR and their transformation after German reunification, it highlights ruptures, losses, and emergent spaces of possibility. The article shows how East German experiences have often been marginalized or devalued within hegemonic discourses—and argues that these should not be understood as deviations from the West German model, but as independent contributions to the development of youth work in reunified Germany. Precisely in their ambivalence and fragility lie important potentials for a&#xa0;more participatory and socially just future of the field. Realizing these potentials, however, requires that difference is not ignored, but actively and productively engaged with—professionally, historically, and politically.</p>

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Jugendarbeit-Ost: keine westdeutsche Erfolgsgeschichte

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    2025年12月4日

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  • Martin Kriemann,
  • Michael Janowitz

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This article examines the history of East German youth work from a post-socialist perspective, framing it as a distinct professional development shaped by the contradictory dynamics of state control, youth agency, and social transformation. Using the example of youth clubs in the GDR and their transformation after German reunification, it highlights ruptures, losses, and emergent spaces of possibility. The article shows how East German experiences have often been marginalized or devalued within hegemonic discourses—and argues that these should not be understood as deviations from the West German model, but as independent contributions to the development of youth work in reunified Germany. Precisely in their ambivalence and fragility lie important potentials for a more participatory and socially just future of the field. Realizing these potentials, however, requires that difference is not ignored, but actively and productively engaged with—professionally, historically, and politically.