Germany moment
Willy Brandt: Alright everyone, we need to show the western powers our commitment to their way of life. Any ideas?
Helmut Kentler:
Did you know Denmark was the main producer of CSAM for about half a decade?
Nope. Why was it like that?
Legalised porn in 1969, all of it. I was actually off by a decade, distribution of child porn was legal in (and from) Denmark from '69 to '84
I’ll take a moment to plug Bruni de la Motte’s book Stasi State or Socialist Paradise? about the former GDR (East Germany), and often includes comparisons to the FRG (West Germany) at the time. The one that always sticks out to me is that at a time when women in the GDR could divorce their husbands on their own initiative, women in rhe FRG needed their husband’s permission to work outside the home.
de la Motte also lived in the GDR for a long time, so she had firsthand experience she is writing about. It’s a great read.
