»With Lütten Klein, Stefan Mau presents a book that is both personal and informative. His greatly empathetic study enables readers from West and East Germany to understand not only life in the GDR better but also the subsequent system change as well as the resulting consequences and ›societal fractures‹.« Jürgen Schupp, Soziopolis.de

»The reference to the overlooked feminization of the migration to the West is just one of the many epiphanies that make reading Steffen Mau’s book so rewarding.« Rainer Hank, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung

»Steffen Mau‘s study of the residential neighbourhood Lütten Klein in the GDR is full of stimulating provocations.« Frank Pergande, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

» [...] masterful and inspiring.« René Schlott, Der Tagesspiegel

»A well-informed study on the rupture that runs through East Germany.« DIE ZEIT

»Steffen Mau provides differentiated socio-psychological ideas.« Irmtraud Gutschke, Neues Deutschland

»Those who wish to understand East Germany should read Steffen Mau’s sociological survey Lütten Klein.« Thomas Steiner, Badische Zeitung

»Steffen Mau talks about his own experience and that of other inhabitants of Lütten Klein and supports the anecdotes – wherever necessary – with numbers just enough to create a multi-faceted description of a specific society without overwhelming the reader with garrulity, lachrymosity, or facts.« Silke Hasselmann, Deutschlandfunk

»It’s like a story of two countries. […] The conclusion of this extremely remarkable book that is moreover an enjoyable read: Many tensions we can now observe in East Germany originate in the GDR.« Jürgen Christen, Buchmarkt