Personal Numero 36 (1997) May 2026

This column is renowned for featuring intimate, first-person memoirs from acclaimed writers and thinkers. Key "Personal History" Features from 1997

(April 21, 1997): Historian Timothy Garton Ash investigates why so many East Germans became secret-police informers, including his own friends. Personal Numero 36 (1997)

During 1997, the magazine published several landmark essays in this section: This column is renowned for featuring intimate, first-person