{"id":11387,"date":"2023-12-18T15:38:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.sts-education.com\/about-us\/news\/from-east-berlin-to-the-land-of-milk-and-hot-dogs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T07:14:31","slug":"from-east-berlin-to-the-land-of-milk-and-hot-dogs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/de-at\/news\/from-east-berlin-to-the-land-of-milk-and-hot-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"From East Berlin To The Land Of Milk And Hot Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Als DDR-Girl in den USA<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Janina Winkler kommt aus Ostberlin \u2013 und ging 1990 als erste Austauschsch\u00fclerin aus der DDR mit STS in die USA. Als Janina im Sommer 1990 nach Springfield, Illinois aufbrach, war die Mauer noch kein Jahr gefallen, Ost und West noch nicht wiedervereint. Ihre Mutter lieh sich das Geld f\u00fcr die Programmgeb\u00fchr von Freunden aus dem Westen. \u201eSTS war damals sehr verwundert und meinte, ich sei die erste Austauschsch\u00fclerin aus der DDR, die sie in die USA vermitteln\u201c, erinnert sich Janina. Dass sie gut Englisch sprach, sei reiner Zufall gewesen. \u201eIch hatte einen Englischlehrer, in den wir alle total verknallt waren. Deshalb hatte ich mich so richtig ins Zeug gelegt!\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In den USA erlebte Janina das totale Kontrastprogramm zum Berlin-Friedrichshain der Vorwendezeit. Ihre Gastfamilie z\u00fcchtete Angus-Rinder auf einer Farm, Janinas Zimmer war im englischen Landhausstil eingerichtet. Als DDR-M\u00e4dchen kam sie sich manchmal vor wie eine Au\u00dferirdische. So war ihre Gastschwester entsetzt \u00fcber Janinas Achselhaare. \u201eSie wies mich an, die sofort zu rasieren, was ich dann auch zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben tat.\u201c Janina dagegen war erstaunt \u00fcber die ausgiebigen Schmink-Sessions ihrer Gastschwester, Milchflaschen, Chips und Popcorn in Jumbogr\u00f6\u00dfe und insgesamt vier Fernseher im Haus. \u201eAlles war viel und gro\u00df! Ich war im kapitalistischen Schlaraffenland.\u201c Janina machte Urlaub in Florida, fuhr Ski in Colorado, erlebte Thanksgiving-Tafeln, auf denen sich die Leckereien stapelten und war \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigt vom amerikanischen Weihnachten. \u201eIch bekam \u00fcber 50 Geschenke. Es hat meiner Gastmutter Spa\u00df gemacht, mich zu beschenken, weil sie wusste, dass es das im Osten nicht so gab.\u201c<\/p>\n

An der Schule wurde Janina Mitglied im Track and Field-Team und fand dort gute Freunde. Erstaunt war sie \u00fcber ihren Stundenplan mit F\u00e4chern wie Fahrschule, Kochen oder Parenting \u2013 und dar\u00fcber, wie wenig ihre Mitsch\u00fcler, aber auch deren Eltern \u00fcber internationale Politik und andere L\u00e4nder wussten. \u201eViele kannten Mitteleuropa nur aus einem TV-Sender, der sehr beliebt war und rund um die Uhr \u00fcber die beiden Weltkriege berichtete. Ihr Bild von Europa war aus den 1940er Jahren.\u201c Umso begeisterter aber war Janina vom Essen in der Schulkantine: \u201eEs gab jeden Tag Hamburger und Hotdogs. Totales Junkfood, aber modisch.\u201c Und sie feierte den amerikanischen Hiphop von MC Hammer oder Body Count und den pomp\u00f6sen Prom. \u201eIch kam aus dem tiefsten Sozialismus in den krassesten Kapitalismus. Diese Art von Konsum war ja sogar f\u00fcr Westler aus Europa befremdlich. Aber ich habe mich von meinen Gasteltern sehr geliebt gef\u00fchlt \u2013 und hatte von da an stets das Gef\u00fchl, dass wir Ost-Berliner nun \u00fcberall auf der Welt zu Hause sein k\u00f6nnen.\u201c<\/p>\n

Die ganze Geschichte erz\u00e4hlte Janina Winkler dem Tagesspiegel. Ich war im kapitalistischen Schlaraffenland. Katharina Viktoria Wei\u00df, 2.10.2023.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":14698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"wpw_news_folders":[],"class_list":["post-11387","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAls DDR-Girl in den USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/de-at\/news\/from-east-berlin-to-the-land-of-milk-and-hot-dogs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From East Berlin To The Land Of Milk And Hot Dogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" 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