Thomas Grimm

Thomas Grimm

Thomas Grimm, born in the Ore Mountains in 1954, is a filmmaker and journalist. He started to record interviews with people who witnessed history firsthand, GDR personalities in particular, as early as 1987 and subsequently founded the movie and TV production company Zeitzeugen TV, which he still runs today.

Thomas Grimm, born in the Ore Mountains in 1954, is a filmmaker and journalist. He started to record interviews with people who witnessed history firsthand, GDR personalities in particular, as early as 1987 and subsequently founded the movie and TV production company Zeitzeugen TV, which he still runs today.


PUBLICATIONS

I Was the Last Citizen of the GDR
Year of Publication: 2018
Roberto Yáñez, Thomas GrimmYear of Publication: 2018

There isn’t much that is publicly known about the last years of Erich and Margot Honecker, who were granted political asylum in Chile. Now, two years after Margot Honecker’s death, her grandson, Roberto Yañez, breaks the silence. For the first time, he speaks about his life as the »favorite grandchild« and about what happened after his grandfather was overthrown and the GDR broke...